The Portuguese in Canada : : Diasporic Challenges and Adjustment /

The Portuguese in Canada : : Diasporic Challenges and Adjustment / / Carlos Teixeira, Victor M.P. Da Rosa.

Even though the Portuguese are relatively new to Canada, they have made major contributions to the cultural mosaic of the country. Containing many new essays, this second edition of The Portuguese in Canada updates the work that filled a gap in the scholarly literature of multiculturalism in Canada....

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VerfasserIn:
Teixeira, Carlos,
Da Rosa, Victor M.P.,
MitwirkendeR:
Aguiar, Luís L.M.,
Almeida, Onésimo Teotónio,
Andrieux, Jean-Pierre,
Bloemraad, Irene,
Collins, Peter,
Doel, Priscilla A.,
Miranda, Susana P.,
Murdie, Robert A.,
Oliviera, Manuel Armando,
Patim, Isabel Nena,
Rocha-Trindade, Maria Beatriz,
Rosa, Victor M.P. Da,
Teixeira, Carlos,
Warkentin, John,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2008
Year of Publication:2017
Edition:Second Edition
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • 1. A Historical and Geographical Perspective
  • 2. The Portuguese Diaspora
  • PART ONE. Newfoundland and the White Fleet
  • 3. The White Fleet and the Iconography of Control
  • 4. Portuguese Fishermen in Newfoundland
  • 5. Remembering the Portuguese
  • PART TWO. Immigration from Portugal to Canada
  • 6. Azorean Diaspora and Cultural Retention in Montreal and Toronto
  • 7. Portuguese Women's Activism in Toronto's Building Cleaning Industry, 1975-1986
  • 8. Portuguese Mobilization against Deportation: The Case of Hélder Marques
  • 9. Invisible No More? Citizenship and Politics among Portuguese Canadians
  • PART THREE. Portuguese Communities and 'Little Portugals'
  • 10. On the Move: The Portuguese in Toronto
  • 11. The Portuguese Community in Quebec
  • 12. The Portuguese in British Columbia: The Orchardists of the Okanagan Valley
  • PART FOUR. History, Cultural Retention, and Literature
  • 13. Value Conflicts and Cultural Adjustment in North America
  • 14. Literature of Portuguese Background in the Context of Literature in Canada
  • 15. Reflections on a Society in Rapid Transition

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