Transatlantic Correspondents: Kinship, Gender and Emotions in Postwar Migration Experiences between Italy and Canada, 1946-1971

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Title
Transatlantic Correspondents: Kinship, Gender and Emotions in Postwar Migration Experiences between Italy and Canada, 1946-1971
Abstract
The author examines the impact of migration experienced by migrants to Canada and loved ones in Italy through the lens of personal correspondence. She focuses on the three decades immediately following the Second World War when the largest migration of Italians to Canada took place. Through a detailed content analysis of over 400 private letters belonging to six families, the thesis examines how kin and lovers in Canada and Italy negotiated their separation as a result of migration. Most of the migrants examined immigrated to Montreal.
Type
PhD dissertation
University
Concordia University
Place
Montreal
Date
2007
# of Pages
viii-259p.
Language
en
URL
Citation
Cancian, Sonia. “Transatlantic Correspondents: Kinship, Gender and Emotions in Postwar Migration Experiences between Italy and Canada, 1946-1971.” PhD dissertation, Concordia University, 2007. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol2/QMG/TC-QMG-975725.pdf.
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