This paper discusses cultural identity with regards to Canada from the perspectives of Northrop Frye in 6 pages. Three sources are cited in the bibliography.
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structure of Canada. Bibliography lists 3 sources. JLFrye.rtf "Cultural identity and Canada -Northrop Frye" Research Compiled for Enterprises Inc By - January 2013
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Fryes work on the concept of cultural identity, and the relationship between cultural heritage and the social order, is something which can be seen as particularly relevant to the way
in which Canadian culture has developed, especially as Frye considers Canada to exemplify the importance which can be attached to the notions of regional identity and community in comparison to
the externally imposed parameters of a social order which is by comparison mutable and subject to change in a way which cultural identity is not.
Frye looks particularly at the relationship between the way in which society is structured and the
individuals interaction not only with their cultural background and heritage but also with the social construct of such phenomena as law and government. He makes the point that individuals are
not born in isolation of the social system: in the first place, one is part of ones cultural heritage in the sense both of genetic inheritance and cultural background, but
at the same time there is a social contract which exists prior to the individual and that this constitutes the authority structure which ensures that the individual remains subordinate to