Wedded to the Cause : Ukrainian-Canadian Women and Ethnic Identity 1891-1991 / Frances Swyripa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swyripa, Frances, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Canada--History.

Women.

Women--Canada--Social conditions.

Ukrainians--Canada--Ethnic identity.

Ukrainians.

Canada.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Frances Swyripe here presents the interpretive study of women of Ukrainian origin in Canada. She analyses the images and myths that have grown up around them, why they arose, and how they were used by the leaders of the community.

Contents:

Cover; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction: Queen Elizabeth the Ukrainian; 1 Failing to Measure Up: The Peasant Immigrant; 2 Jeopardizing the Future: Alienated and Rebellious Daughters; 3 Models for Their Sex: Princess Olha and the Cossack Mother; 4 Putting the Models to Work: Organizational Propaganda and Programs; 5 Canadianizing a Legacy: Women's Organizations after the Second World War; 6 Rehabilitating the Peasant Immigrant: Baba and the Canadianized Heroine; Conclusion: Baba Meets the Queen; BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE; NOTES; INDEX; ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-8408-3

OCLC:

1114905567