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The Newfoundland diaspora : mapping the literature of out-migration
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- Creator
- Jennifer Bowering Delisle
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2013]
- ©2013
- Physical Details
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- vii, 211 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 1554588960, 9781554588947, 9781554588954, 9781554588961, 1554588952, 1299777066, 1554588944
- OCLC
- ocn816764435, ocn816764430
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Introduction: mapping the literature of out-migration -- pt. 1. Defining the Newfoundland diaspora. Newfoundland and the concept of diaspora -- pt. 2. Affective responses. Donna Morrissey and the search for prairie gold ; "The 'going home again' complaint": Carl Leggo and nostalgia for Newfoundland -- pt. 3. Is the Newfoundlander "authentic" in the diaspora? E.J. Pratt and the gateway to Canada ; "A papier mâché rock": Wayne Johnston and rejecting regionalism -- pt. 4. Imagining the Newfoundland nation. "This is their country now": David French, confederation, and the imagined community ; Writing the "old lost land": Johnston part two -- pt. 5. 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