Memoir and Identity in Welsh Patagonia

Geraldine Lublin

Description

This literary investigation of identity construction in twentieth-century Welsh Patagonia breaks new ground by looking at the Welsh community in Chubut not as a quaint anomaly, but in its context as an integral part of Argentina. Its focus is on historicising and problematising the adoption of the so-called ‘Welsh feat’ as foundational narrative for Chubut and its settler colonial implications in the larger settler colonial formation that is Argentina, where indigenous re-emergence seems to be leading the way towards real pluralism. Exploring the understudied period immediately preceding the celebrated turn-of-the-century revitalisation, Memoir and Identity in Welsh Patagonia presents four memoirs written in Welsh and Spanish by Welsh Patagonian descendants, read against the grain to foreground the tensions, dissonances and ambivalences emerging from the individual narratives. The study then probes the romanticised stereotype of the Welsh descendant so prevalent in media representations, in order to describe a broader, richer panorama of what it means to be a Welsh descendant in Patagonia in a modern Argentine context.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Writing Welsh Patagonia
3. Valmai Jones – Anxiety about Welshness
4. Fred Green – The Welsh Patagonian Gaucho
5. Juan Daniel Moreteau – Welshness disowned
6. Carlos Luis Williams – Ineradicable Welshness
7. Conclusion
Works cited
Endnotes

Sujets

• Scottish
• Welsh
• European
• English
• Irish
• Literary Criticism

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 15 mai 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783169689
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 12 Mo

Extrait

Memoir and Identity in Welsh Patagonia

. Chubut Map

Memoir and Identity in Welsh Patagonia VOICES FROM A SET TLER COMMUNITY IN ARGENTINA

Geraldine Lublin

UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS 2017

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Lîst o Illustratîons Acknowledgements

CONTENTS

1. Introduction A snapshot o thE hîstory o Y Wada MEmoîr and mEmory

2. Writing Welsh Patagonia Y Wada în îts ArgEntînE contEXt MarKîng WEshnEss în Chubut

3. Valmai Jones (1910–1994) – Anxiety about Welshness Vamaî JonEs (1910–1994) Atgofion am Y Wlada BEtwEEn WaEs and ArgEntîna In (and away rom) thE mEtîng pot Patagonîan WEshnEss and dîasporîc bEongîng Oscîatîng wîthîn WEshnEss Cosîng poînts

4. Fred Green – The Welsh Patagonian Gaucho FrEd GrEEn (1913–2002) Pethau Patagonîa A sEnsE o WEshnEss A sEnsE oPatagonîanWEshnEss Patagonîan ‘wEsh’ ThE ‘astîng rîEndshîp’ Cosîng poînts

5. Juan Daniel Moreteau – Welshness Disowned Juan DanîE MorEtEau (1915–2006)

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Tres etapas de una vîda Dîsownîng WEshnEss Opposîng WEshnEss Caîmîng ArgEntînEnEss Cosîng poînts

CONTeNTS

6. Carlos Luis Williams – Ineradicable Welshness Caros Luîs Wîîams (1953–) Puerto Madryn y el trîuno de mîs Padres: El Amor ‘Organîc’ WEshnEss REîgîon, musîc and othEr marKErs o WEshnEss WaEs as ancEstra homEand and thE Patagonîan mEtîng pot Patagonîa’s îndîgEnous pEopEs Cosîng poînts

7. Conclusion

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Chubut Map 2. CovEr o Vamaî JonEs’sAtgofion am y Wlada. REprîntEd by pErmîssîon o Vamaî JonEs’s amîy. 3. PîcturE o Vamaî JonEs ‘at thE agE o 17, în 1927’, îmagE încudEd înAtgofion am y Wlada, p. 130. REprîntEd by pErmîssîon o Vamaî JonEs’s amîy. 4. CovEr o FrEd GrEEn’sPethau Patagonîa. REprîntEd by pErmîssîon o Gwasg CarrEg Gwach. 5. PîcturE o FrEd GrEEn încudEd înPethau Patagonîa, p. 4. REprîntEd by pErmîssîon o Gwasg CarrEg Gwach. 6. CovEr o Juan DanîE MorEtEau’sTres etapas de una vîda. REprîntEd by pErmîssîon o J. D. MorEtEau’s amîy. 7. PîcturE o Juan DanîE MorEtEau încudEd în Tres etapas de una vîda, bacK covEr. REprîntEd by pErmîssîon o J. D. MorEtEau’s amîy. 8. CovEr o Caros Luîs Wîîams’sPuerto Madryn y el trîuno de mîs Padres: El Amor. REprîntEd by pErmîssîon o C. L. Wîîams. 9. PîcturE o Caros Luîs Wîîams încudEd în Puerto Madryn y el trîuno de mîs Padres: El Amor, bacK covEr. REprîntEd by pErmîssîon o C. L. Wîîams.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thîs voumE has bEEn a ong tîmE în thE maKîng and, as thE od cîché goEs, I havE încurrEd many dEbts aong thE way; ît woud bE vîrtuay împossîbE to îst hErE a thosE who, în onE way or anothEr, contrîb- utEd to brîng thîs worK to ruîtîon. It a startEd bacK în thE day, whEn I was grantEd an OvErsEas REsEarch StudEnt Award to pursuE doctora studîEs at Cardîf UnîvErsîty’s Schoo o WEsh, and or a thE support I rEcEîvEd durîng that pErîod I woud îKE to EXprEss my gratîtudE to ProEssor Coîn Wîîams, ProEssor Angharad PrîcE, Dr Dyan FostEr-evans, Dr Sîwan RossEr and ProEssor SîonEd DavîEs. I am aso gratEu to ProEssor JErry HuntEr and ProEssor e. Wyn JamEs both or EXamînîng my dîssErtatîon and or thEîr usEu suggEstîons about how to turn ît înto a monograph. Dr Loyd DavîEs o SwansEa UnîvErsîty dEsErvEs spEcîa thanKs or hîs hEpu commEnts on an EarîEr vErsîon o thîs worK, and or hîs constant EncouragEmEnt and support durîng a thEsE yEars. Both thE anonymous rEvîEwEr or thE UnîvErsîty o WaEs PrEss and ProEssor M. Wynn Thomas havE aso provîdEd învauabE EEdbacK on a prEîmînary drat, and my dEbt îs grEat aso to thEm or aErtîng mE to thE many thîngs I was taKîng or grantEd în my dîscussîons; howEvEr many ovErsîghts may rEmaîn în thîs fina vErsîon, thîs îs a much, much bEttEr pîEcE thanKs to thEm. Dîoch yn awr! I shoud aso îKE to thanK thE staf o thE UnîvErsîty o WaEs PrEss or thEîr patîEnt support and guîdancE în brîngîng thîs manuscrîpt to compEtîon. I am EspEcîay îndEbtEd to thE our authors whosE mEmoîrs I anaysE în thîs voumE or havîng taKEn thE tîmE to sît down and put pEn to papEr or thE bEnEfit o atEr gEnEratîons. SîncErE thanKs arE aso duE to thEîr amîîEs, as wE as to Gwasg CarrEg Gwach or grantîng mE crucîa pErmîssîon to usE quotatîons and îmagEs. It has somEtîmEs bEEn dîicut to anaysE thEsE wrîtîngs crîtîcay wîthout EEîng that I was usîng thE bEnEfit o hîndsîght to bE judgEmEnta about thE îndîvîdua authors. HowEvEr, I woud îKE to rEassurE Caros