Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-274) and index.

"This curring-edge study, equally impressive in its content and its execution, significantly broadens our understanding of what underpins Canadian identity and "social belonging" today. Investigating an area of Canadian state-formation that has been overlooked until now, Eve Haque does a wonderful job bringing together many theoretical threads and explaining different positions in a clear, matter-of-fact way. Haque's overview of theories of nations and nationalism and her treatment of language and race through genealogical and critical discourse analysis are astute and thorough. Her overall presentation and analysis of the Royal Commission of Bilingualism and Biculturalism and the formation of official multiculturalism in Canada are not only innovative, but also extremely useful to a critical study of Canada." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:

Acknowledgements

Introduction: 'I'm Talking Language'
1) Language, Nation, and Race: Framing the Inquiry
2) Historical Context
3) Preliminary Hearings and Report
4) Public Hearings and Research
5) Book I: The Official Languages 6) Book IV: The Cultural Contribution of the Other Ethnic Groups
7) Conclusions: The Impossibility of Multiculturalism?

Appendix: The Terms of Reference

Notes

References

Index