Céline Dion and the national performance of Quebec Identity

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A lunch series on some of Quebec’s national figures and key historical moment, organised by Quebec Studies Program in collaboration with the Student’s Society of McGill University (SSMU)

Céline Dion and the national performance of Quebec Identity

A talk and discussion with Professor Erin Hurley, Department of English, McGill University, hosted by Will Straw, Director, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada

How and in what ways does this international pop diva from Charlemagne, Québec express Quebecois Identity?

Is Céline Dion's personal path very different from Quebec’s national and historic narratives? How does Dion participate in Quebec’s national imaginaries? What could we learn about Quebec's national identity by looking at the case of Céline Dion?