Exploring Connection and Disconnection to self with Dual Cultural Identities: Canadian and Italian
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- Title
- Exploring Connection and Disconnection to self with Dual Cultural Identities: Canadian and Italian
- Rights
- <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>.
- Type
- moving image
- Creator
- Rebecca Jackson
- Date
- 1928 - 2018
- Description
- The video is focused on the story of John and Marie Meren who are the children of Italian immigrants. John with both of his parents being from Sardinia and Marie being half Canadian. It Starts with brief overview of John’s parent’s immigration story, highlighting where they were from and their motivation to move to Canada (work opportunities). Next the video moves on to focus on John and Marie’s experiences, and how they negotiated their identities in relation to their Canadian and Italian mix. John discusses the languages he was raised with (Italian, Sardinian and English) and Marie explains why she always felt more Canadian and the reasons why she never learnt Italian. They explain how world events like WW2 led to their disconnection from their being Italian at some points. John connects his job as a lawyer and to his Italian heritage. Finally, they talk about the trip they took to Italy and how it impacted them and helped to define their connection with being Italian
- Format
- video
- Language
- English, Italian, Sardinian
- Place
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Sardinia, Italy
Rome, Italy
London, Ontario, Canada - Publisher
- Bridging Classroom and Community: Languages and Cultures in Action, Western University, Fall 2018
- Contributor
- John Meren and Marie Meren - Members of the London, Italian community
- Extent
- 5 minutes 11 seconds
- Identifier
- https://youtu.be/aDy8xfuI1YI
- Relation
- is part of Italian collection
- Subject
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Italy , Canada, Law, Language learning, Discrimination, Dialects, Sardinian, Bilingualism, Generations, Self acceptance, London Ontario, Poverty, Family life, Integration, Third space, Identity
