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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450886003321

Titolo

Letters across borders [[electronic resource] ] : the epistolary practices of international migrants / / edited by Bruce S. Elliott, David A. Gerber, and Suzanne M. Sinke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, published in association with the Carleton Centre for the History of Migration, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36082-1

9786611360825

0-230-60107-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ElliottBruce S

GerberDavid A. <1944->

SinkeSuzanne M

Disciplina

305.9/06912

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration - History

Immigrants - Correspondence

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes papers presented at the international conference, "Reading the Emigrant Letter: Innovative Approaches and Interpretations," sponsored by the Carleton Centre for the History of Migration and hosted at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, in 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Limits and Opportunities; Part II: Writing Conventions and Practices; Part III: Silences and Censorship; Part IV: Editorial Interventions; Part V: Negotiations of Identity; Part VI: Letters and the State; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection addresses the recent rebirth of interest in immigrant letters. As these letters are increasingly seen as key, rather than incidental, documents in the interpretations of gender, age, social class, and ethnicity/nationality, the scholars gathered here demonstrate a diversity of new approaches to their interpretation.