Quote:
"If Sandra's parents and grandmother are the allegorical figurations of an anglo-centric colonial Canada, then Sandra herself allegorizes an adolescent Canada coming of age at mid-century, shifting her gaze from the UK to the US. Allegorically, Canadian nation as read through Sandra is gendered female, while the US as read through Butch is gendered male"
-- Christopher E. Gittings

Source:
Gittings, Christopher E. Canadian National Cinema: Ideology, Difference and Representation. London: Routledge, 2002. (p. 152)