Refuge from or Safe Haven for Militarism? U.S. War Resisters’ Diverging Experiences of Building New Lives in Canada
Vietnam draft dodgers’ successful exodus to Canada saw the creation of the myth of Canada as a “refuge from militarism”. However, the inherent promise has failed Afghanistan and Iraq War resisters who made a similar choice in the early 2000s. Taking its departure from qualitative interviews, this pa...
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Études canadiennes / Canadian Studies
2019
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| On-line přístup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Shrnutí: | Vietnam draft dodgers’ successful exodus to Canada saw the creation of the myth of Canada as a “refuge from militarism”. However, the inherent promise has failed Afghanistan and Iraq War resisters who made a similar choice in the early 2000s. Taking its departure from qualitative interviews, this paper analyzes the implications this deviation from Vietnam War resisters’ migration experience has for the perception of Canada and for respondents’ sense of belonging in Canadian society. It claims that the contemporary war resisters’ liminal existence prompted Vietnam era resisters to reinvigorate the narrative of Canada as a refuge. |
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