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- Fragments d'Un Enracinement. Fragments d'Un Parcours.

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  • Fransk

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What does it mean to put down roots, to inhabit and insert oneself in a space, to make it our own, to transform it to our liking, and, in return, change under its influence? In short, what does it mean to become a habitant? The term habitant has long been considered pejorative in Quebec: a quasi-synonym of an uncultivated, uncouth person, a country bumpkin, the French hillbilly. But wrongly so. Becoming a habitant is quite the adventure, one our forefathers undertook successfully and in an exemplary manner by building this country. There is no greater destiny than to fully inhabit a place. This short book bears witness to this. The author, an academic with rural leanings, shares a few excerpts from his diary that put forth, in a fragmented manner, his journey of putting down roots (if we can overlook the apparent contradiction of this wording). This long journey, which covers close to half a century, could in fact have representative value, bearing witness to a moment, an era, a generation. Can we be rooted to a place? Admittedly, we all have a journey. But is rootedness possible? And if we can become rooted to a place, a time, a community, a family, kin, then it is inevitable that sooner or later we will also be sadly uprooted. However, traces of our presence may remain. Fragments...

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Detaljer
  • SprogFransk
  • Udgivelsesdato11-08-2021
  • ISBN139782760333833
  • Forlag University Of Ottawa Press
  • Nummer i serien429
  • FormatPaperback
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  • Vægt140 g
  • Dybde0,6 cm
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    10 cm
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    12,7 cm
    20,3 cm

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