Soriano, Miguel (2024) Critiquing Canadian Multicultural Discourse Through the Art of the Filipino Diaspora. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
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Abstract
Canada is touted to be a model of harmonious multiculturalism vis-a-vis other multicultural societies. However, implicit in Canadian multicultural policies are heteronormative and inequitable frameworks that shape the prevailing policies toward diasporic groups. Through discourse analysis and decolonial aesthetic observation, this study explores how Canadian multicultural discourse can be challenged through the art of Filipino-Canadian artists, and what the latter reveals about the experiences of Filipino immigrants in Canada. By performing a discourse analysis on the 1988 Canadian Multiculturalism Act and the 2017 Canada Council for the Arts Equity policy, in combination with the examination of the work of Toronto-based Filipino-Canadian artist Azia Jonelle, this study will seek to answer the following question: how does the work of Filipino-Canadian diasporic artists challenge normative ideas of Canadian multiculturalism? In the end, this paper will identify the predominant issues of Canadian multiculturalism by examining the artist’s particular representations vis-a-vis normative multicultural discourses found within the aforementioned policies, and thus determine how the particular experience of the Filipino-Canadian diasporic subject is disarticulated and rearticulated amidst Canada’s multicultural landscape.
Divisions: | Concordia University > Faculty of Arts and Science > Communication Studies |
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Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
Authors: | Soriano, Miguel |
Institution: | Concordia University |
Degree Name: | M.A. |
Program: | Media Studies |
Date: | 19 August 2024 |
Thesis Supervisor(s): | Renzi, Alessandra |
Keywords: | Multiculturalism; Canadian Multiculturalism; Filipino Art; Filipino Diaspora; Queer Aesthetics; Decolonialism; Canadian Multiculturalism Discourse; Filipino Studies; Diaspora Studies; Multiculturalism Studies; Multicultural Policy |
ID Code: | 994743 |
Deposited By: | Miguel Soriano |
Deposited On: | 17 Jun 2025 17:03 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jun 2025 17:03 |
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