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The Leamington Italian Community intertwines personal and family stories with both empirical and intuitive writing to offer new historical insights into the complex social, economic, and psychological causes and effects of the migration phenomenon. Walter Temelini meticulously reconstructs the history of immigration and settlement in Leamington, Ontario, of Italians from the southern regions of Lazio, Molise, and Sicily. He explains how, despite their regional differences, three generations between 1925 and the 1990s forged a cohesive, socially conscious, and unique agricultural community by balancing their inherited values and their newly adopted Canadian economic opportunities. Temelini's groundbreaking research draws on testimonial and documentary evidence gathered from in-depth interviews with hundreds of residents, as well as on original archival information and Italian-language histories translated by the author and previously unavailable to English-speaking readers. He concludes his study with an investigation into the award-winning novel Lives of the Saints by Nino Ricci, one of the community's most celebrated descendants. Drawing parallels between Ricci's narrative and the development of the community, Temelini demonstrates that ethnicity can be transformed successfully into a powerful universal archetype, and a creative force of identity. A pioneering and authoritative work, The Leamington Italian Community creates an intimate portrait within a global framework, delving into issues both timely and timeless, that will interest and inform the general and specialized reader alike.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The āOral History Methodā: Advantages and Disadvantages
- 1 A Unique Italian Canadian Community
- 2 Clandestine Emigration and the South
- 3 The Second Expedition: The Ordeal of the First Molisani
- 4 1925ā1945: The Slow Growth of Solid Roots
- 5 1925ā1945: Lāunione fa la forza (Strength in Unity)
- 6 The War Years: āGood Canadiansā and āBad Italiansā or Vice Versa?
- 7 Postwar Growth
- 8 The Settlement Pattern
- 9 Employment
- 10 Marriage and the Family
- 11 Social Life: Homemade Fun, Food, and Festivals ā the Family, the Roma Club, and the Church
- 12 Ethnic Identity: Italian Canadians or Canadianized Italians?
- 13 Ethnic Identity and the Community: Individualism and Solidarity, Parochialism and Interaction
- 14 Community Self-Identity: What Is an Italian Canadian?
- 15 The Universal Values of Ethnicity: Nino Ricciās Lives of the Saints and the Leamington Italian Community
- Appendices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index