This Pilgrim Nation : The Making of Portuguese Diaspora in Postwar North America / Gilberto Fernandes.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Fernandes, Gilberto, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Portuguese--Canada--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 406 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book tells the transnational history of Portuguese communities in Canada and the United States against the backdrop of the Cold War, the American Civil Rights movement, the Portuguese Colonial War, and Canadian multiculturalism. It considers the ethnic, racial, class, gender, linguistic, regional, and generational permutations of "Portuguese" diaspora from both a transnational and comparative perspective. Besides showing that diasporas and nations can be co-dependent, This Pilgrim Nation counters the common notion that hybrid diasporic identities are largely benign and empowering by revealing how they can perpetuate asymmetrical power relations.

Contents:

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Illustrations and Figures
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1. Portuguese Migration: Numbers, Policies, and Perceptions
• 2. Making Diasporic Souls: Catholic Missionaries, National Parishes, and Transregional Charity
• 3. Making Ethnic Civil Societies: Working-Class Organizations, Community Elites, and Political Federations
• 4. Making Ethnic Culture: Folk Propaganda, Popular Culture, and Language
• 5. Making Imperial Citizens: Lusotropicalism, Public Memory, and the Multiracial Diaspora
• 6. The Radicals' Diaspora: Anti-fascists, War Resisters, and State Surveillance
• 7. New Beginnings, Old Journeys: Multicultural, Generational, and Political Transitions
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

• 1-4426-3068-X
• 1-4426-3067-1

OCLC:

1143819858