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Jan. 9 | Call for papers: Identities and Technocultures
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Fertig, Barbara. "Belonging to the Crown: Ethnicity and Gender Roles in a Portuguese-American Feast," American Civilization Program, George Washington University, May 1993. Advisor: John Michael Vlach (2, 7, 18)
This study documents how a Portuguese-Azorean-American community uses folklore and folk material culture to define its identity to the larger non-Portuguese community, using as a vehicle a celebration of the Feast of the Holy Ghost. Members of the Portuguese Holy Ghost Society in Stonington, Connecticut agree on the importance of maintaining a Portuguese identity in the village that most of them consider their home, despite high real estate values that have caused most Portuguese families to move outside the village.
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