Title Storied landscapes : ethno-religious identity and the Canadian Prairies / Frances Swyripa

Published Winnipeg [Man.] : University of Manitoba Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages : illustrations, maps Series Studies in immigration and culture series, 1914-1459 ; 5 Studies in immigration and culture ; 5. 1914-1459 Contents Ethno-religious settlement : the Canadian prairies in context -- Possessing the land : the secular, the sacred, and the dead -- Founding stoires and founding fathers : beginnings, place, and belonging -- Region and nation : situating the prairie experience within national narratives -- Outside connections : homelands, diasporas, and the Forty-ninth Parallel -- Wheat, dragon ships, and baba : symbols of prairie ethnicity -- Returning to the land : commemoration and preservation of the past -- Pilgrimage : the land as "sacred ground" and gathering point Summary Annotation Storied Landscape is a beautifully written, sweeping examination of the evolving identity of major ethno-religious immigrant groups in the Canadian West. Viewed through the lens of attachment to the soil and specific place, and through the eyes of both the immigrant generation and its descendants, the book compares the settlement experiences of Ukrainians, Mennonites, Icelanders, Doukhobors, Germans, Poles, Romanians, Jews, Finns, Swedes, Norwegians, and Danes. It reveals how each group's sense of identity was shaped by a complex interplay of physical and emotional ties to land and place, and how that sense of belonging influenced, and was influenced by, relationships not only within the prairies and the Canadian nation state but also with the homeland and its extended diaspora. Through a close study of myths, symbols, commemorative traditions, and landmarks, Storied Landscapes boldly asserts the inseparability of ethnicity and religion both to defining the prairie region and to understanding the Canadian nation-building project Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-290) and index Notes In English SUBJECT Kaṇada. gnd Subject Immigrants -- Prairie Provinces -- History Minorities -- Prairie Provinces -- History Ethnicity -- Prairie Provinces Ethnicity -- Prairie Provinces -- Religious aspects HISTORY -- Canada -- General. Ethnicity -- Religious aspects Ethnicity Emigration and immigration Immigrants Minorities Social conditions Einwanderung Identität Einwanderer. Ethnizität. Minderheit. Soziale Situation. SUBJECT Prairie Provinces -- Social conditions Prairie Provinces -- Emigration and immigration Subject Prairie Provinces Kanada. Prärieprovinzen. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780887553004 0887553001 0887557201 9780887557200

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