Methodological Reflections on Italian-Canadian Storytelling

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dc.contributor.advisorVisano, Livy A.
dc.creatorColussi-Arthur, Gabriella Silvia
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-26T15:25:06Z
dc.date.available2015-01-26T15:25:06Z
dc.date.copyright2014-09-05
dc.date.issued2015-01-26
dc.date.updated2015-01-26T15:25:06Z
dc.degree.disciplineEducation
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation considers existing methodological practices in the collection of Italian-Canadian immigrant family narratives and focuses on a number of immigrant family stories recounted by my Northern Italian, Friulian-born parent-informants as collected from my role as a trilingual daughter-as-researcher. After reflecting on aspects of qualitative methodology that deal with collecting narratives at large, I present a triangulated, interconnected model that I call Breadth, Depth, and Form, based on three foundational approaches: life history, narrative inquiry and oral history. Breadth contextualizes my informants across time and space; depth allows me to focus on my informants as individual and reflect of the narrative meaning for my informants; form allows me to recognize and document the authentic, original language(s) of the narratives themselves. Chapter One examines the foundational aspects of my methodology and introduces my triangulated approach with a series of methodological considerations; Chapter Two presents the field of Italian migration and ethnic studies most pertinent to my work; Chapter Three describes the scholarship on Friulian immigration to North America and provides a brief overview of the history of Friulian language and its place in the diaspora. Chapter Four explores my position as daughter-as-researcher (DAR) and provides detailed reflections on my role as insider; Chapter Five culminates with an analysis of my informants’ narratives based on content and form.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/28293
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectEthnic studies
dc.subject.keywordsQualitative approachesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMethodologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsItalian-Canadian storytellingen_US
dc.subject.keywordsItalian-Canadian immigrant family narrativesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsFriulian immigration studies in Canadaen_US
dc.subject.keywordsFriulian immigration in North Americaen_US
dc.subject.keywordsFriiulian language in the diasporaen_US
dc.subject.keywordsOral historyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsNarrative inquiryen_US
dc.subject.keywordsItalian migration in Canadaen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLife historyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDaughter-as-researcheren_US
dc.subject.keywordsRole as insideren_US
dc.subject.keywordsFriulian authenticen_US
dc.subject.keywordsOriginal languageen_US
dc.subject.keywordsBreadthen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDepthen_US
dc.subject.keywordsFormen_US
dc.subject.keywordsImmigrant family narrativesen_US
dc.titleMethodological Reflections on Italian-Canadian Storytelling
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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