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North American Gaels - Speech, Story, and Song in the Diaspora (Paperback)
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North American Gaels - Speech, Story, and Song in the Diaspora (Paperback)
Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History
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A mere 150 years ago Scottish Gaelic was the third most widely
spoken language in Canada, and Irish was spoken by hundreds of
thousands of people in the United States. A new awareness of the
large North American Gaelic diaspora, long overlooked by
historians, folklorists, and literary scholars, has emerged in
recent decades. North American Gaels, representing the first tandem
exploration of these related migrant ethnic groups, examines the
myriad ways Gaelic-speaking immigrants from marginalized societies
have negotiated cultural spaces for themselves in their new
homeland. In the macaronic verses of a Newfoundland fisherman, the
pointed addresses of an Ontario essayist, the compositions of a
Montana miner, and lively exchanges in newspapers from Cape Breton
to Boston to New York, these groups proclaim their presence in
vibrant traditional modes fluently adapted to suit North American
climes. Through careful investigations of this diasporic Gaelic
narrative and its context, from the mid-eighteenth century to the
twenty-first, the book treats such overarching themes as the
sociolinguistics of minority languages, connection with one's
former home, and the tension between the desire for modernity and
the enduring influence of tradition. Staking a claim for Gaelic
studies on this continent, North American Gaels shines new light on
the ways Irish and Scottish Gaels have left an enduring mark
through speech, story, and song.
General
Imprint: |
McGill-Queen's University Press
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Country of origin: |
Canada |
Series: |
McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History |
Release date: |
November 2020 |
Editors: |
Natasha Sumner
• Aidan Doyle
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 37mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
512 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-228-00379-3 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-228-00379-2 |
Barcode: |
9780228003793 |
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