Memoir and Identity in Welsh Patagonia by Geraldine Lublin
The tensions and ambivalences emerging from four memoirs written in Welsh and Spanish by Welsh Patagonians towards the end of the twentieth century are explored, to foreground a broader panorama of what it means to be a Welsh descendant in Patagonia in a modern Argentine context.
'This fascinating study approaches the over-familiar, frequently romanticised, story of Welsh settlement in Patagonia from an entirely new and strikingly revealing angleIt draws on fresh evidence - in the form of personal memoirs spanning the century and a half since the "founding" moment - to track the complex politico-cultural process of negotiating identity as between Wales and Argentina that has preoccupied families of Welsh descent. The result is a sympathetic but hard-headed study of the different stages in the slow but inexorable process of accommodation to Argentinean "national" norms.'- Professor M. Wynn Thomas, Swansea University; 'Geraldine Lublin is quite remarkable in being trilingual and perfectly literate in three languages. Her book is probably the best to date on the Patagonian Welsh ... and Memoir and Identity is also one of the outstanding works on ethnic communities throughout Latin America, impressive for its depth, range and originality. Lublin analyses autobiography cross-generationally with admirable skill, revealing wide knowledge of theoretical works on ethnicity.'- Professor David Rock, University of California; 'An absorbing, innovative and richly nuanced study of identity construction as Welsh and as Argentinian in twentieth century Patagonia, as revealed in four Welsh Patagonian memoirs. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in Welsh experiences overseas and, more widely, in how settler descendants in plural societies negotiate their multiple identities.'- Professor Bill Jones, Cardiff University
Geraldine Lublin completed her PhD at the School of Welsh, Cardiff University, before being appointed Lecturer in Spanish at Swansea University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781783169672 |
| ISBN 10 | 1783169672 |
| Title | Memoir and Identity in Welsh Patagonia |
| Author | Geraldine Lublin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Wales Press |
| Year published | 2017-05-15 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
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