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Immigrants From The North: Woonsocket, Rhode Island Revisited, Jane E. Evans
Immigrants From The North: Woonsocket, Rhode Island Revisited, Jane E. Evans
Jane E. Evans
This paper revisits Franco-Canadian immigration into the United States across the northern border at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. With the aid of film clips from Les Tisserands du pouvoir, a film depicting the immigrant contribution to the New England textile industry through the saga of one family, one's understanding of expatriation, relocation, and assimilation will be broadened.
Widowhood, Motherhood, Selfhood In Latifa Ben Mansour's L'Année De L'Éclipse, Jane E. Evans
Widowhood, Motherhood, Selfhood In Latifa Ben Mansour's L'Année De L'Éclipse, Jane E. Evans
Jane E. Evans
According to Dr. Joan Borysenko, a woman's life proceeds according to predictable steps: one expects to rear one's children before being faced with the death of one's spouse and subsequent widowhood. However, in ultraconservative Algeria, where armed Islamist radicals during the past decade and a half have incited violence against ordinary citizens, especially women, the standard model of a woman's life does not necessarily apply. Latifa Ben Mansour, expatriate Algérienne, psychoanalyst, and contemporary francophone author, has made the Algerian woman's plight under ultra-right-wing rule the subject of many of her writings. This paper will discuss the themes of her …