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Narrating the Portuguese Diaspora

Piecing Things Together

by Francisco Cota Fagundes (Volume editor) Irene Maria F. Blayer (Volume editor) Teresa F.A. Alves (Volume editor)
©2011 Monographs XIV, 300 Pages

Summary

Narrating the Portuguese Diaspora presents a variety of perspectives on the Portuguese diaspora, from literature to identity discourse to biography and autobiography. The book is divided into three parts: reading literary identities within and without borders; constructing/constructed extra-literary identities at home and abroad; and literary ethnic voices from the North American diaspora and beyond. The 22 texts presented in this volume highlight the diasporic themes and backgrounds upon which the scope of the scholarly texts – as well as the personal contributions of short stories, poetry, interviews, and autobiographical memory – can be interwoven in a narrative identity construction.

Details

Pages
XIV, 300
Publication Year
2011
ISBN (PDF)
9781453907771
ISBN (Hardcover)
9781433114304
DOI
10.3726/978-1-4539-0777-1
Language
English
Publication date
2012 (February)
Keywords
Portuguese Identity Discourses and Constructions Literary Ethnic Voices from the North American Portuguese Diaspora and Beyond Portuguese diaspora, Azorean diaspora Identity in the Azorean Diaspora Portuguese Immigrant Language
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2011. XIV, 300 pp., num. ill.

Biographical notes

Francisco Cota Fagundes (Volume editor) Irene Maria F. Blayer (Volume editor) Teresa F.A. Alves (Volume editor)

Francisco Cota Fagundes holds a PhD in Hispanic languages and literatures and is Professor of Portuguese at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Irene Maria F. Blayer holds a PhD in linguistics and is Professor of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the Faculty of Humanities, Brock University, Canada. Teresa F. A. Alves is Associate Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Lisbon Center for English Studies - ULICES. Teresa Cid is Associate Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Lisbon, Department of English.

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