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Saint-Onge, Kathleen, 1957-
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Saint-Onge, Kathleen, 1957- -- Childhood and youth.
Catholic Church -- Québec (Province)
Adult child sexual abuse victims -- Québec (Province) -- Québec -- Biography.
Bilingualism -- Québec (Province) -- Québec.
Québec (Québec) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Saint-Onge, Kathleen, 1957-
Saint-Onge, Kathleen, 1957-
Saint-Onge, Kathleen, 1957- -- Childhood and youth.
Catholic Church -- Québec (Province)
Adult child sexual abuse victims -- Québec (Province) -- Québec -- Biography.
Bilingualism -- Québec (Province) -- Québec.
Québec (Québec) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Bilingual being : my life as a hyphen / Kathleen Saint-Onge.
by
Saint-Onge, Kathleen, 1957-
McGill-Queen's University Press, c2013.
Call #:
362.764 S148b
Subjects
Saint-Onge, Kathleen, 1957-
Saint-Onge, Kathleen, 1957-
--
Childhood and youth.
Catholic Church
--
Québec
(
Province
)
Adult
child
sexual
abuse
victims
--
Québec
(
Province
)
--
Québec
--
Biography
.
Bilingualism
--
Québec
(
Province
)
--
Québec
.
Québec
(
Québec
)
--
Social conditions
--
20th century.
ISBN:
9780773541191 (hc.)
0773541195 (hc.)
Description:
xvii, 328 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Prologue
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1. My Mother Tongue/My Mother's Tongue
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2. Un Boubou
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3. A New Linguistic Landscape
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4. Cultural Borderlands
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5. Saints and Sinners
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6. The View from Here
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7. Insiders and Outsiders
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8. Religion: The Language of the Bedroom
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9. My Brother: My Flip Side
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10. English Roots
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11. Battle Lines
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12. Becoming Other
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13. French Roots
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14. The Double Frame
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15. Inheritance
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16. On Being Not Quite Right
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17. Shifting Grandmothers
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18. Ruptures
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19. Imaginary Companions
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20. On the Wings of Geese
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21. The Gifts I Keep
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Epilogue
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Acknowledgments
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Poems
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Letter
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Clockwork
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Boxes
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Landslide
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Pirouette
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Mouse House
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Sacrilege
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Undershirt
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Pronoun
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Daisies
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Purple
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Wings
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Definitions
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Thankful
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Party
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Angry bird
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Crafts
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Codes
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Fish
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Etiology
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Installation
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Partridges
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Avalanche
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Libellule/Dragonfly.
Summary:
"Written by a survivor of childhood
abuse
, this moving memoir traces the influence of the author's first language in the formation of her identity, and the role her second language played in providing psychological sanctuary. Kathleen Saint-Onge reflects on the ambiguities of growing up in a primarily French household while attending English schools as she recounts the emotional gains and losses of a life lived in two languages. A testament to the power of language in determining feelings of belonging or alienation, Bilingual Being also presents a portrait of the 1960's in Quebec and the changing role of the Catholic Church. Depicting her own developing independence gained at school, Saint-Onge reveals the tensions between the social world of her evolving English and her deep roots in French-speaking Quebec City. Her story is an exploration of hope where language provides an escape from traumatic memories and a chance to reconstruct a secure sense of self"
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Book Jacket.
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Autobiographies.
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