L’Identité franco-américaine
Tendances actuelles dans le sud de la Nouvelle-Angleterre
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8895327 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cynthia A Fox (corresponding author), Cynthia Fox, Geneviève Fortin (0000-0001-6338-3828), Véronique Martin, Louis Stelling |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-48 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-7720 • E-ISSN: 1710-114X |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cras.37.1.023 |
| OpenAlex | W1982879693 |
| Language | FR |
| References cited | 7 |
The term “Franco-American” has traditionally been used to identify francophone Canadian immigrants who settled in the northeastern United States between 1840 and 1930. This group established close-knit communities and a network of religious, educational, and social institutions that would allow them to maintain their Catholic faith, their French language, and their traditional way of life over several generations. In the past sixty years, however, the group has experienced rapid change. Researchers debate how Franco-Americans are now to be characterized as a group and, indeed, whether they continue to share a common identity. This study contributes to the discussion through the examination of data gathered during socio-linguistic interviews with 130 Franco-Americans living in four cities : Woonsocket, Rhode Island; Gardner and Southbridge, Massachusetts; and Bristol, Connecticut. A series of quantitative and qualitative analyses of this material leads us to conclude that all of the communities are undergoing assimilation, the rhythm and manner of which differs considerably from one community to another. Although many individuals still use the term “Franco-American” to describe themselves, the meaning of the term is evolving. Group identity may be strong at the level of the individual community but does not appear to exist supra-regionally
Art · Ethnology · Faith · French · Humanities · Identity (music · Immigration · Meaning (existential · Political science · Sociology · Theology · Canadian Identity and History · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
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| Highly cited | No |
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