Acculturation and sense of belonging: emigrated women in italian canadian short stories
In keeping with current theories of migration and acculturation (Berry 1995; Berry and Hou 2016), this article seeks to identify the different stages of acculturation in relation to the concept of “belonging” outlined by Nira Yuval Davis (2006) in three short stories written in English by Italian Ca...
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| Tipo de documento: | capítulo de livro |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad de Burgos (UBU) |
| Repositório: | Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos (RIUBU) |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/11030 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11030 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Italian Canadian women Acculturation Sense of belonging Short stories Emigration Donne italo-canadesi Acculturazione Senso di appartenenza Racconti Emigrazione Mujeres emigrantes Literatura canadiense Aculturación Women immigrants Canada-Literatures |
| Resumo: | In keeping with current theories of migration and acculturation (Berry 1995; Berry and Hou 2016), this article seeks to identify the different stages of acculturation in relation to the concept of “belonging” outlined by Nira Yuval Davis (2006) in three short stories written in English by Italian Canadian female authors: Delia de Santis, Caterina Edwards, and Licia Canton. These emerging, first generation writers tend to concentrate on the cultural connections between Italy and Canada (Caporale-Bizzini 2018), and thus provide a meaningful contribution to both worlds. The varying nature of the protagonists’ bonding with their country of origin and that of their settlement will reveal how these relations affect the performative agency of fictional female Italian immigrants in Canada. |
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