Imagining ourselves then and now: nostalgia and Canadian multiculturalism

Sucharov, Mira

doi:10.1057/jird.2012.23

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“…Nostalgia is related to sentimentality, to the pleasant act of recalling the past, and less -to the memory of wrongdoing (Sucharov, 2013). Nostalgia does not necessarily refer only to the pleasant past.…”

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“…Nostalgia does not necessarily refer only to the pleasant past. Sometimes people recall the past as better than it actually was (Sucharov, 2013). An ironic nostalgic stance can help overcome the loss of a simplified and idealized past and thus better embrace the present (Sucharov, 2013).…”

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“…Nostalgia could contain an intersubjective component -collective nostalgia links the in-group members to each other. For minorities whose personal and collective histories differ from those of the majority, this is especially important -both for linking the minorities to their past and for helping them adopt, to stave off loneliness and alienation by means of integrating a coherent identity (Sucharov, 2013).…”

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“…Crucial to healthy nostalgia is one's awareness that the object of longing is gone. In pathological nostalgia, the past becomes a fixation, and one person or a group may feel guilt for past wrongs (Sucharov, 2013).…”

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Nostalgia and Sentimentality Among Minority Elderly People (Bulgarian Roma People and Hungarians Living in Romania)

Stoyanova¹,

Doseva²,

Virginás-Tar³

2015

Psychol. Thought

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Nostalgia and sentimentality are very typical for the old age. There are some characteristics that are perceived as typical for the elderly people in the different cultures, such as being dependent, and needing long-term care. There are also some similarities between the population tendencies in Bulgaria and Romania. The simultaneously acceptance in European Union of both countries also suggests the existence of some similar attitudes towards the past among elderly minority people in both countries. The hypothesis of the study was that together with some similarities, the elderly people from both ethnic minorities in the two countries would differ cross-culturally in their sentimentality and nostalgia related to the past. Sentimentality and nostalgia in elderly minority people (26 Roma people in Bulgaria and 21 Hungarians in Romania) were measured by means of a questionnaire created by Gergov & Stoyanova (2013). The results indicated that the Hungarian minority in Romania was more sentimental and nostalgic than the Roma minority in Bulgaria. More thoughts about the past reported the minority young elders than the minority oldest old. The females from the minority groups were more sentimental than the males from the minority groups. Higher sentimentality and nostalgia among elderly Hungarians could be explained by their higher conservatism and more satisfaction with the hystorical past than Roma people. Roma people living in institutions felt a sense of stability in their present and they shared some positive expectations for the future.

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Nostalgia and Sentimentality Among Minority Elderly People (Bulgarian Roma People and Hungarians Living in Romania)

Stoyanova¹,

Doseva²,

Virginás-Tar³

2015

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“…For example, Molson, the company behind Molson Canadian beer has received significant attention for its advertising campaigns. Molson Canadian has been symbolized by scholars as connecting to and also illustrating Canadian nationalism and/or identity (Smallbridge, 1998;Wagman, 2002;MacGregor, 2003;Sucharov, 2013;Jackson, 2014). Justin Smallbridge outlines the challenges of defining being Canadian.…”

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The Hidden Price Tag of “Free” Rewards: Encouraging Mundane Surveillance through Canadian Loyalty Program Advertisements

Brown¹

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The popularity of digital loyalty programs in Canada signal their ubiquity as forms of advertising used by retailers to communicate with consumers. Traditional forms of loyalty programs consisted of collectable stamps that were redeemable for rewards and free merchandise. More recent programs rely on digitization, which changes the nature of their redemption and the associated consequences for consumers. Digital loyalty programs can best be understand through themes of advertising rewards, everyday surveillance, and profiling consumers that illustrate how loyalty programs are able to influence consumer behaviour. By promoting the use of digital loyalty programs alongside ordinary products, retailers are able to create associations between the retailer, their loyalty program and the rewards that are provided in exchange for personal information. Canadians were introduced to digital programs through subtle strategies that help to mask how consumers exchange information about themselves collected through consumer tracking processes for "free" rewards.

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Spatial Dislocation and Canadian Studies, or Thinking About Canada 6000 Kilometres from Home

Nimijean

2022

Canada and International Affairs

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Imagining ourselves then and now: nostalgia and Canadian multiculturalism

Cited by 13 publications

References 87 publications

Nostalgia and Sentimentality Among Minority Elderly People (Bulgarian Roma People and Hungarians Living in Romania)

Nostalgia and Sentimentality Among Minority Elderly People (Bulgarian Roma People and Hungarians Living in Romania)

The Hidden Price Tag of “Free” Rewards: Encouraging Mundane Surveillance through Canadian Loyalty Program Advertisements

Spatial Dislocation and Canadian Studies, or Thinking About Canada 6000 Kilometres from Home

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