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1 online resource (220 pages) |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 literature. Many writers and scholars have referred to Newfoundland out-migration as a diaspora, but few have examined the theoretical implications of applying this contested term to a predominantly inter-provincial movement of mainly white, economically-motivated migrants. This book argues that "diaspora" helpfully references the painful displacement of a group whose members continue to identify with each other and with their homeland. It examines important literary works of the Newfoundland diaspora, including the poetry of E.J. Pratt, the drama of David French, the fiction of Donna Morrissey and Wayne Johnston, and the memoirs of David Macfarlane. These works are the sites of a broad inquiry into the theoretical flashpoints of affect, diasporic authenticity, nationalism, race, and ethnicity. The literature of the Newfoundland diaspora both contributes to and responds to critical movements in Canadian literature and culture, querying the place of regional, national, and ethnic affiliations in a literature drawn along the borders of the nation-state. This diaspora plays a part in defining Canada even as it looks beyond the borders of Canada as a literary community |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Emigration and immigration in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Emigration and immigration in literature
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Emigration and immigration -- Psychological aspects
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Literature
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Literatur
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Migration
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Newfoundland, Island of (N.L.) -- In literature
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Newfoundland and Labrador -- In literature
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Newfoundland and Labrador -- Emigration and immigration -- Psychological aspects
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Newfoundland and Labrador
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Newfoundland and Labrador -- Island of Newfoundland
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781554588954 |
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1554588952 |
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