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Of Outcasts and Ambassadors: The Making of Portuguese Diaspora in Postwar North America

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dc.contributor.advisorPerin, Roberto
dc.creatorFernandes, Gilberto De Oliveira
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-28T14:52:34Z
dc.date.available2015-08-28T14:52:34Z
dc.date.copyright2014-09-12
dc.date.issued2015-08-28
dc.date.updated2015-08-28T14:52:34Z
dc.degree.disciplineHistory
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractHow can a small peripheral government with few material resources assert itself as a geopolitical player in an era of rising global governance and dwindling nation-state sovereignty? This was the question in the minds of Portuguese officials when developing their foreign policies in the aftermath of the Second World War and again after the Revolution of the Carnations of April 25, 1974. In their case the answer was similar in both contexts: tie Portuguese nationhood with imperial and diasporic imaginings, and develop a national diaspora with close ties with the homeland and its government. This study examines the social, cultural, religious, economic, and political processes by which Portugal's Estado Novo dictatorship laid the foundations for the diasporic discourse and institutions that followed the end of the colonial empire and the introduction of a new democratic political order after 1974. I will focus on the role played by homeland diplomats, ethnic entrepreneurs, Catholic missionaries, political activists and other transnational intermediaries in shaping a diasporic consciousness among the Portuguese communities of eastern Canada - Toronto and Montreal - and northeastern United States - New Bedford, Fall River, Boston, Providence, Newark, and other cities in New England and the Greater New York City area. This dissertation also engages with current discussions in the field of migration studies, especially those related with diaspora, transnationalism, and nation-state, as well as ethnicity, class, and race, and introduces an imperial and homeland dimension to our frame of analysis. The period examined (1950s-70s) covers the inauguration of Portuguese mass migration to Canada and its resurgence to the United States; the rise of large international governing bodies, rival Cold War superpowers and their spheres of influence; the Portuguese Colonial Wars in Africa and the downfall of settler colonialism; the emergence of cultural pluralism and identity politics in Canada and parts of the United States; the radicalization of the Portuguese "anti-fascist" opposition; and the revolutionary transition to democracy in Portugal. These larger processes framed the local, national, and transnational histories of Portuguese immigrants in North America and had significant impact in the development of their diasporic communities, consciousness, and identities.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/29870
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectEthnic studies
dc.subjectCanadian history
dc.subjectAmerican history
dc.subject.keywordsPortugal
dc.subject.keywordsPortuguese
dc.subject.keywordsAzorean
dc.subject.keywordsAzores
dc.subject.keywordsDiaspora
dc.subject.keywordsTransnationalism
dc.subject.keywordsMigration
dc.subject.keywordsEthnicity
dc.subject.keywordsRace
dc.subject.keywordsElites
dc.subject.keywordsCape Verdean
dc.subject.keywordsNation-state
dc.subject.keywordsGlobalization
dc.subject.keywordsDiplomacy
dc.subject.keywordsNationalism
dc.subject.keywordsMulticulturalism
dc.subject.keywordsCivil rights
dc.subject.keywordsEthnic revivalism
dc.subject.keywordsAffirmative action
dc.subject.keywordsDictatorship
dc.subject.keywordsEstado Novo
dc.subject.keywordsSalazar
dc.subject.keywordsEmpire
dc.subject.keywordsImperialism
dc.subject.keywordsPublic memory
dc.subject.keywordsLusotropicalism
dc.subject.keywordsLusophony
dc.subject.keywordsRadicals
dc.subject.keywordsEthnic entrepreneurs
dc.subject.keywordsWar resister
dc.subject.keywordsDraft dodgers
dc.subject.keywordsMigration policy
dc.subject.keywordsMinorities
dc.subject.keywordsNational parish
dc.subject.keywordsCatholic priests
dc.subject.keywordsMutual aid society
dc.subject.keywordsPropaganda
dc.subject.keywordsCarnation Revolution
dc.titleOf Outcasts and Ambassadors: The Making of Portuguese Diaspora in Postwar North America
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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