Young, well-educated, and adaptable : Chilean exiles in Ontario and Quebec, 1973-2010 / Francis Peddie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peddie, Francis, 1970- author.

Series:

Studies in immigration and culture ; 10.

Studies in Immigration and Culture ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chileans--Ontario--History--20th century.

Chileans.

Chileans--Ontario--History--21st century.

Chileans--Québec (Province)--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manitoba, Canada : University of Manitoba Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between 1973 and 1978, six thousand Chileans leftists took refuge in central Canada after the Pinochet coup d'état. Once resettled at the northern extreme of the Americas, these political exiles had to find ways of coping with an abrupt and violent separation from their homeland that had deep material and emotional repercussions. In Young, Well-Educated, and Adaptable, Francis Peddie documents the experiences of twenty-one Chileans as they navigate their newfound identity as exiles. Peddie also considers how the admission of people from the wrong side of the Cold War ideological divide had an effect on Canadian immigration and refugee policy, establishing a precedent for the admission of political exiles over the decades that followed.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction - Anatomy of an Exile""; ""The Chilean Diaspora""; ""Temporal and Geographic Delimitations""; ""Exile, Refugee, Forced Migrant, Immigrant? The Problem of Classification""; ""Sources""; ""Constructing an Oral History""; ""Chapter Outline""; ""Chapter 1 - Chile and Canada in the Cold War""; ""Chile, the Model and Symbol""; ""Living the Changes: The Exiles and Their History""; ""Canada, at Home and Abroad: Immigration Policy, National Security, and the Cold War ""; ""Canada and Latin America""; ""National Security and the Cold War""

""Chapter 2 - Getting Out, Getting In:The Push and Pull of Exile""""Getting Out: “A new stage in the national destiny�""; ""Getting In""; ""Chapter 3 - The Bonds of Exile: Community Associations and Activism""; ""Encountering Canada: The Exiles� Memories of the Journey to Canada, Reception, and Resettlement""; ""“I Really Wanted to Go Back to Being Normal Again�""; ""Orientation and Denunciation: The Growth of Community Organizations""; ""New Groups, New Goals""; ""Chapter 4 - The Challenges and Changes of Exile: Work, Study, Family Life, and Gender Roles""

""Unpacking the Suitcase""""Work and Study""; ""Family Roles and Relationships""; ""Chapter 5 - Staying Put or Going Back""; ""The End of Exile""; ""Desexilio During Dictatorship: Returning from Exile, 1982 to 1990""; ""Choosing between Canada and Chile after 1990""; ""Going Back to a New Chile""; ""Conclusion - The Road Ahead, the Road Behind""; ""The Road Ahead for the Chilean Community in Canada: The Waning of the “Culture of Exile�""; ""Afterword - Utility and Suitability, Forty Years On""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Appendix: Profiles of Interviewees""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""

""Introduction: Anatomy of an Exile""""Chapter 1: Chile and Canada in the Cold War""; ""Chapter 2: Getting Out, Getting In""; ""Chapter 3: The Bonds of Exile""; ""Chapter 4: The Challenges and Changes of Exile""; ""Chapter 5: Staying Put or Going Back""; ""Conclusion: The Road Ahead, the Road Behind""; ""Afterword: Utility and Suitability, Forty Years On""; ""Bibliography""; ""Archives Consulted""; ""Print Media""; ""Interviews""; ""Published Sources""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780887554605

0887554601

9780887554599

0887554598

OCLC:

1091220115