The Newfoundland diaspora : mapping the literature of out-migration /

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Out-migration, driven by high unemployment and a floundering economy, has been a defining aspect of Newfoundland society for well over a century, and it reached new heights with the cod moratorium in 1992. This Newfoundland "diaspora" has had a profound impact on the province's litera...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Delisle, Jennifer Bowering, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Emigration and immigration in literature.
Canadian literature (English) > Newfoundland and Labrador > History and criticism.
Newfoundlanders > In literature.
Littérature canadienne-anglaise > Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador > Histoire et critique.
Émigration et immigration dans la littérature.
Terre-Neuviens et Labradoriens > Dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Emigration and immigration in literature
Emigration and immigration > Psychological aspects
Literature
Literatur
Migration
Newfoundland, Island of (N.L.) > In literature.
Newfoundland and Labrador > In literature.
Newfoundland and Labrador > Emigration and immigration > Psychological aspects.
Terre-Neuve, Île de (T.-N.-L.) > Dans la littérature.
Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador dans la littérature.
Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador > Émigration et immigration > Aspect psychologique.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador > Island of Newfoundland
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : mapping the literature of out-migration
  • Defining the Newfoundland diaspora. Newfoundland and the concept of diaspora
  • Affective responses. Donna Morrissey and the search for prairie gold ; "The 'going home again' complaint" : Carl Leggo and nostalgia for Newfoundland
  • Is the Newfoundlander "authentic" in the diaspora? E.J. Pratt and the gateway to Canada ; "A papier mâche rock" : Wayne Johnston and rejecting regionalism
  • Imagining the Newfoundland nation. "This is their country now" : David French, confederation, and the imagined community ; Writing the "old lost land" : Johnston part two
  • Postmodern ethnicity and memoirs from away. Helen Buss/Margaret Clarke and the negotiation of identity ; The "Holdin' ground": David Macfarlane and the second generation
  • Conclusion : writing in diaspora space.

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