Camille Lessard-Bissonnette: The Quiet Evolution of French-Canadian Immigrants in New England
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Title
Camille Lessard-Bissonnette: The Quiet Evolution of French-Canadian Immigrants in New England
Creator
Shideler, Janet Lee
Description
The published book form of Shideler's 1991 Ph.D. thesis from the University of Massachusetts. A biographical study of a québécoise and first-generation Franco American author and her works - as a means, Shideler writes, "to identify the position of the immigrant at the juncture of two diverse societies and ways of life" (2). From the publisher: "The inclusion of the ethnic voice in the examination of what has been termed 'American' literature is a significant development, but what of the voice of the ethnic woman? This study seeks to answer that question and, at the same time, shed light on the effects exercised by the act of immigration as well as on the specific fate of French-Canadian immigrants to the United States at the turn of the century...." Lessard-Bissonnette is perhaps best known for her serialized novel entitled, "Canuck," about a French-Canadian immigrant to industrial New England.
Date
1998
Language
English
Type
Book
Identifier
Coverage
1880-1950, New England, Québec