Download or read book Portuguese Women in Toronto written by Wenona Mary Giles and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparing across two generations of Portuguese Canadian women, the book delves into issues such as cultural heterogeneity among Portuguese immigrants, the ambiguity of work and gender politics, and the concept of 'home' versus nationalism.
Download or read book Portuguese Women in Toronto Ont written by Wenona Mary Giles and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cleaning Up written by Susana P. Miranda and published by Between the Lines. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book uncovers the little-known, surprisingly radical history of the Portuguese immigrant women who worked as night-time office cleaners and daytime “cleaning ladies” in postwar Toronto. Drawing on union records, newspapers, and interviews, feminist labour historians Susana P. Miranda and Franca Iacovetta piece together the lives of immigrant women who bucked convention by reshaping domestic labour and by leading union drives, striking for workers’ rights, and taking on corporate capital in the heart of Toronto’s financial district. Despite being sidelined within the labour movement and subjected to harsh working conditions in the commercial cleaning industry, the women forged critical alliances with local activists to shape picket-line culture and make an indelible mark on their communities. Richly detailed and engagingly written, Cleaning Up is an archival treasure about an undersung piece of working-class history in urban North America.
Download or read book Yellow Watch written by Carmelinda Scian and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To those who have wondered who built the modern facade of downtown Toronto: Portuguese and Italian immigrant labourers. This collection of linked stories gives us a glimpse into the lives of the Portuguese. Beginning in Amendoeiro, a small town across the river from Lisbon, it describes lives of abject poverty during the fascist rule of Antonio Salazar. The men often find themselves out of work from the oppressive local cork factory, the dreaded secret police keeping an eye on them, while the women collect scraps to eat. It is a life of abuse, cruelty, and superstition, observed by the girl Milita, who receives regular beatings from her mother but misses nothing. We meet a cast of unforgettable characters--the mother who claims rape forced her into marriage; the gentle and detached father who finds solace in his chicken coop; the local prostitutes, whose house is always full, whatever the economic circumstances; the mysterious upper-class, outcaste woman in black who wanders the street; the priest who takes advantage; the mysterious bruxo who wards off evil; the wealthy in the nearby town of Montijo. Finally the father goes off to Toronto and finds work in construction, the family follows, and Milita--forced into marriage at fifteen--escapes the household with her lover to find freedom and a career. This is a gripping and unique collection full of local colour (rural Portugal and Toronto), the early part of which is reminiscent of early Jose Saramago."--
Download or read book Identity Civic Engagement and Multiculturalism Portuguese Canadian Immigrant Descendants in Canada and Portugal written by Robert A. Kenedy and published by Baywolf Press. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special issue of the Portuguese Studies Review focuses on understanding the Portuguese−Canadian immigrant experience in Canada and Portugal, in terms of identity formation and civic engagement within a broader framework of current debates on multiculturalism, and transnationalism. This special volume resulted from the contributions presented at the Symposium Identity, Civic Engagement and Multiculturalism: Portuguese−Canadian Immigrant Descendants in Canada, which was held at York University, Toronto, on 11 and 12 October 2011. The issue presents studies by Robert A. Kenedy, Fernando Nunes, Ana Paula Beja Horta, Gilberta Pavão Nunes Rocha, Derrick Mendes, Christina Kwiczała, Benjamin Kutsyuruba, Filomena Silvano, Marta Rosales, and Sónia Ferreira.
Download or read book The Portuguese in Canada written by Victor M. P. Da Rosa and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays examine the history of the Portuguese diaspora, the Portuguese presence in Newfoundland and its fisheries, language and identity, urban experiences (especially in Montreal and Toronto), and history and literature.
Download or read book Anthropologica written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book N o Nascemos Para Sofrer written by St. Christopher House (Toronto, Ont.). Domestic Violence Program and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Portuguese Studies Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transnational Identities and Practices in Canada written by Vic Satzewich and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from some of Canada's leading historians, political scientists, geographers, anthropologists, and sociologists, this collection examines the transnational practices and identities of immigrant and ethnic communities in Canada. It looks at why members of these groups maintain ties with their homelands -- whether real or imagined -- and how those connections shape individual identities and community organizations. How does transnationalism establish or transform geographical, social, and ideological borders? Do homeland ties affect what it means to be "Canadian"? Do they reflect Canada's commitment to multiculturalism? Through analysis of the complex forces driving transnationalism, this comprehensive study focuses attention on an important, and arguably growing, dimension of Canadian social life. This is the first collection in Canada to provide a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of transnationalism. It will appeal to scholars and students interested in issues of immigration, multiculturalism, ethnicity, and settlement.
Download or read book Before Official Multiculturalism written by Franca Iacovetta and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For almost two decades before Canada officially adopted multiculturalism in 1971, a large network of women and their allies in Toronto were promoting pluralism as a city- and nation-building project. Before Official Multiculturalism assesses women as liberal pluralist advocates and activists, critically examining the key roles they played as community organizers, frontline social workers, and promoters of ethnic festivals. The book explores women’s community-based activism in support of a liberal pluralist vision of multiculturalism through an analysis of the International Institute of Metropolitan Toronto, a postwar agency that sought to integrate newcomers into the mainstream and promote cultural diversity. Drawing on the rich records of the Institute, as well as the massive International Institutes collection in Minnesota, the book situates Toronto within its Canadian and North American contexts and addresses the flawed mandate to integrate immigrants and refugees into an increasingly diverse city. Before Official Multiculturalism engages with national and international debates to provide a critical analysis of women’s pluralism in Canada.
Download or read book Cleaning Up written by Susana Miranda and published by . This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book uncovers the little-known, surprisingly radical history of the Portuguese immigrant women who worked as night-time office cleaners and daytime "cleaning ladies" in postwar Toronto.
Download or read book The Voice and Choice of Portuguese Immigrant Women written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Becoming a Citizen written by Irene Bloemraad and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-10-03 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Becoming a Citizen is a terrific book. Important, innovative, well argued, theoretically significant, and empirically grounded. It will be the definitive work in the field for years to come."—Frank D. Bean, Co-Director, Center for Research on Immigration, Population and Public Policy "This book is in three ways innovative. First, it avoids the domestic navel-gazing of U.S .immigration studies, through an obvious yet ingenious comparison with Canada. Second, it shows that official multiculturalism and common citizenship may very well go together, revealing Canada, and not the United States, as leader in successful immigrant integration. Thirdly, the book provides a compelling picture of how the state matters in making immigrants citizens. An outstanding contribution to the migration and citizenship literature!"—Christian Joppke, American University of Paris
Download or read book Interrogating Race and Racism written by Vijay Agnew and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agnew delves into the public and private spheres of several distinct communities in order to expose the underlying inequalities within Canada's economic, social, legal, and political systems that frequently result in the denial of basic rights to migrant women.
Download or read book Migration and Economy written by Lillian Trager and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2005 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on migration not as a single event, but as a dynamic process that responds to and is shaped by broader economic, cultural and social forces. This title features individual essays that offer studies on Mexico, Puerto Rico, West Africa, Kazakstan, and Mozambique. It is useful for development anthropology, migration studies, and more This book focuses on the historical sociology of the Turkish state. It seeks to compare the development of the Ottoman/Turkish state with similar processes of large-scale historical change in Europe identified by Michael Mann in The Sources of Social Power. It traces the contours of Turkey's 'modernisation' with the intention of formulating a fresh way to approach state development in countries on the global economic periphery, particularly those attempting to effect closer ties with Northern markets. It also highlights matters of social change pertinent to states grappling with issues relating to political Islam, minority identity and irredentist dissent
Download or read book Female Immigrant Entrepreneurs written by Daphne Halkias and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A third of the world's entrepreneurial activity is driven by women. With the mass movement of people now commonplace, the role of female entrepreneurs in immigrant communities has become an increasingly important component of the world economy, its productivity, and the struggle against poverty. Throwing light on the dynamics of entrepreneurship generally, and on immigrant and female entrepreneurship in particular, the global Female Immigrant Entrepreneurship (FIE) project is a huge and exciting research undertaking. Written by the project's team of researchers based in prestigious business schools and universities on almost every continent, this important book begins the process of discovering why and how female driven business start-ups often seem to spontaneously emerge in adverse environments. Is it randomness, luck, or chance that determine success or failure, or vital critical forces and the inherent qualities of the women involved? The research emerging from the FIE project points to answers to questions about the integration of immigrant communities, their interaction with host economic and business environments, and the role of women in that interaction. With findings from more than fifteen countries, from the USA with some of the world's oldest and largest immigrant communities, to African countries that are the newest destination for Asian migrants, this book will help inform social and economic policy in communities and countries searching for prosperity. More than that, the book offers policy makers, business leaders, and those concerned with business development the chance to uncover some of the mystery around the complex phenomenon of entrepreneurship itself.
