Swyripa, Frances, 1951-

Storied landscapes ethno-religious identity and the Canadian Prairies / [electronic resource] : Frances Swyripa. - Winnipeg [Man.] : University of Manitoba Press, c2010 - 1 online resource (xiii, 296 p. : ill., maps) - Studies in immigration and culture series, 5 1914-1459 ; . - Studies in immigration and culture ; 5. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-290) and index.

Ethno-religious settlement : the Canadian prairies in context -- Possessing the land : the secular, the sacred, and the dead -- Founding stoires and founding fathers : beginnings, place, and belonging -- Region and nation : situating the prairie experience within national narratives -- Outside connections : homelands, diasporas, and the Forty-ninth Parallel -- Wheat, dragon ships, and baba : symbols of prairie ethnicity -- Returning to the land : commemoration and preservation of the past -- Pilgrimage : the land as "sacred ground" and gathering point.

9780887553004 (electronic bk.) 0887553001 (electronic bk.)

2010902849X


Immigrants--History.--Prairie Provinces
Minorities--History.--Prairie Provinces
HISTORY / Canada / General


Prairie Provinces--Social conditions.
Prairie Provinces--Emigration and immigration.


Electronic books.

F1060.96 / S997 2010eb

971.2/02