Une « installation réussie » à Montréal ? Témoignages de migrants juifs du Maroc

Oral history narratives enable us to shed new light on the professional and cultural paths of Jewish migrants from Morocco who settled in Montreal at the end of the 1950s. Coming mainly from the French-speaking middle class, they emphasize their bonds with French culture and understand their migrati...

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Main Author: Yolande Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2016-10-01
Series:Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/diasporas/452
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spelling doaj-060f719d13134cde9d1dd3a057930cff2020-11-25T02:05:33ZengPresses Universitaires du MidiDiasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire1637-58232431-14722016-10-01279512310.4000/diasporas.452Une « installation réussie » à Montréal ? Témoignages de migrants juifs du MarocYolande CohenOral history narratives enable us to shed new light on the professional and cultural paths of Jewish migrants from Morocco who settled in Montreal at the end of the 1950s. Coming mainly from the French-speaking middle class, they emphasize their bonds with French culture and understand their migration as the result of a process of separation from local society that had started before their migration. In Montreal, the interviewees’ professional paths are considered successful overall. At the same time, their organization as a separate group recognized by Jewish organizations was built upon a mythical “Sephardic” identity and has been accompanied by certain tensions.http://journals.openedition.org/diasporas/452
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Une « installation réussie » à Montréal ? Témoignages de migrants juifs du Maroc
Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire
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title Une « installation réussie » à Montréal ? Témoignages de migrants juifs du Maroc
title_short Une « installation réussie » à Montréal ? Témoignages de migrants juifs du Maroc
title_full Une « installation réussie » à Montréal ? Témoignages de migrants juifs du Maroc
title_fullStr Une « installation réussie » à Montréal ? Témoignages de migrants juifs du Maroc
title_full_unstemmed Une « installation réussie » à Montréal ? Témoignages de migrants juifs du Maroc
title_sort une « installation réussie » à montréal ? témoignages de migrants juifs du maroc
publisher Presses Universitaires du Midi
series Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire
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publishDate 2016-10-01
description Oral history narratives enable us to shed new light on the professional and cultural paths of Jewish migrants from Morocco who settled in Montreal at the end of the 1950s. Coming mainly from the French-speaking middle class, they emphasize their bonds with French culture and understand their migration as the result of a process of separation from local society that had started before their migration. In Montreal, the interviewees’ professional paths are considered successful overall. At the same time, their organization as a separate group recognized by Jewish organizations was built upon a mythical “Sephardic” identity and has been accompanied by certain tensions.
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