TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ben Levine
AU  - Ben Levine
TI  - Reveil: Waking Up French
AV  - PN1997 .R484 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Canada
PB  - Association Canado-Americaine
N1  - <based on, contains the following, public viewing rights>
N2  - From cover:

Reveil-Waking Up French is a powerul documentary film that explores the truggle for cultural survival among the French-Canadian, Franco-American communities of New England. The film traces the French heritage beginning with immigration form the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Acadia through persecution by Ku Klux Klan and language loss, to cultural renaissance and heritage preservation. Through their determined loyalty to the French Catholic faith, language and cultural values, the French of New England continue to discover new ways of renewal and cultural diversity through heritage langueage reacquisition. Reveil-Waking Up French is relevant to everyone. As the melting pot attitude and globalization threatens diversity and the heritage of so many cultures, Reveil explores the struggle for cultural survival in the very heart of American monoculture. It reveals the importance of hitory and heritage understanding and demonstrates how languages can be reacquired for personal and community renewal. Through language and heritage preservation, communities discover cultural resources for economic development that is truly inpiring
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