The Newfoundland Diaspora : Mapping the Literature of Out-Migration

Jennifer Bowering Delisle

ISBN 10: 1554588944 / ISBN 13: 9781554588947

Editore: Wilfrid Laurier University Press Mär 2013, 2013

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Neuware - Engaging with the literature of Newfoundland out-migration through the lens of diaspora theory this book argues that the concept of a Newfoundland diaspora has much to contribute both to Canadian literary studies and to current interdisciplinary definitions and theorizations of diaspora.

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• Titolo: The Newfoundland Diaspora : Mapping the Literature of Out-Migration
• Editore: Wilfrid Laurier University Press Mär 2013
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1554588944
• ISBN 13: 9781554588947
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 226 L x 152 A x 15 P (millimetri) 226 millimetri di larghezza per 152 millimetri di altezza per 15 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 318 grammi

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Riassunto

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. The Newfoundland Diaspora argues that “diaspora” helpfully references the painful displacement of a group whose members continue to identify with each other and with the “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.

Informazioni sull?autore

Jennifer Bowering Delisle completed her Ph.D. in English at the University of British Columbia in 2008. She has been a Grant Notley Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alberta and a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at McMaster University. She has published widely on Canadian literature and diaspora, and is currently researching second-generation Canadian literature. She lives in Edmonton.