The Eye of the Master: Figures of the Québécois Colonial Imaginary

Dalie Giroux, translated by Jennifer Henderson

In the Québécois political vision of the twentieth century, sovereignty became synonymous with mastery. French Canadians sometimes claimed solidarity with racialized and Indigenous peoples, yet they saw their liberation as a matter of taking their rightful place in the seat of the oppressors. The idea of mastery has prevented the Québécois from seeing that their liberation is bound up with that of other groups oppressed by colonial powers. The Eye of the Master confronts the missed opportunities for a decolonial version of indépendance in Quebec by examining the quest for mastery that has been at the root of every version of independence offered to the people of Quebec since the mid-twentieth century.

The Eye of the Master: Figures of the Québécois Colonial Imaginary

Dalie Giroux, translated by Jennifer Henderson

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McGill-Queen's University Press

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