Title: Postcards from Acadie : Grand-Pré, Evangeline & the Acadian identity /
Authors: Le Blanc, Barbara, 1951-
Publisher: Gaspereau Press,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth,; Acadians Ethnic identity.; Acadiens Identité ethnique.; Memory Social aspects Nova Scotia Grand Pré; Heritage tourism Nova Scotia.; Acadians Migrations History.; Acadia History.; Grand Pré (N.S.) History.; Grand Pré National Historic Site (N.S.); Acadia History.; Grand Pré (N.-É.) Histoire.; Lieu historique national de Grand-Pré (N.-É.); Acadie Histoire.
Contents: 1. Roots: Birth of a colony -- 2. Deportation: dispersal of a people -- 3. Evangeline, a tale fo Acadie -- 4. Tourism: creation of a tourist image -- 5. Nation building: Acadian appropriations of Grand-Pre -- 6. Memory-making: construction of a sacred land of memory -- 7. Remembering: commemoration and celebration -- 8. Empowerment: long journey of commitment -- 9. Continuity and change: constructing meaning.