Canadian self-perception and self-representation in English-Canadian drama after 1967

The self-presentation of peoples has found expression in various stereotypes, institutions and images. Thus, the Canadians have stylized themselves as collective and futile heroes with friendly relationships to First Nations People. In this respect, diffidence about their own achievements, failed revolutions, imperialism, multiculturalism and the problem with their own identity are part of a reigning discourse of self-definition which excludes all those not fitting this definition. In the book, Marc A. Bauch discusses the “discourse of Canadianness” on the basis of English-Canadian dramas written in 1967 and onwards.