Contesting meaning: Newfie and the politics of ethnic labelling
The ethnic label Newfie is a site of ideological dispute: for some, it is simply an informal term for residents and expatriates of the Canadian province of Newfoundland, for others it may function as an in–group term of solidarity which takes on negative connotations when used by non–Newfoundlanders...
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crwiley:10.1111/1467-9481.00200 2024-06-02T08:10:40+00:00 Contesting meaning: Newfie and the politics of ethnic labelling King, Ruth Clarke, Sandra 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9481.00200 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2F1467-9481.00200 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1467-9481.00200 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Sociolinguistics volume 6, issue 4, page 537-558 ISSN 1360-6441 1467-9841 journal-article 2002 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9481.00200 2024-05-03T11:08:49Z The ethnic label Newfie is a site of ideological dispute: for some, it is simply an informal term for residents and expatriates of the Canadian province of Newfoundland, for others it may function as an in–group term of solidarity which takes on negative connotations when used by non–Newfoundlanders, and for still others it is the equivalent of a racial slur. In this study we first trace the history of the term, a fairly recent innovation. We then examine present–day attitudes as expressed in (provincial and national) media discourse and in self–report data. We argue that debate over Newfie is part of a larger ideological struggle concerning the commodification of an ‘invented’ Newfoundland culture, which itself must be understood in terms of Newfoundland’s socioeconomic position as Canada’s poorest province. Finally, we compare the Newfie case to other instances of contested group labelling. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Wiley Online Library Journal of Sociolinguistics 6 4 537 558 |
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The ethnic label Newfie is a site of ideological dispute: for some, it is simply an informal term for residents and expatriates of the Canadian province of Newfoundland, for others it may function as an in–group term of solidarity which takes on negative connotations when used by non–Newfoundlanders, and for still others it is the equivalent of a racial slur. In this study we first trace the history of the term, a fairly recent innovation. We then examine present–day attitudes as expressed in (provincial and national) media discourse and in self–report data. We argue that debate over Newfie is part of a larger ideological struggle concerning the commodification of an ‘invented’ Newfoundland culture, which itself must be understood in terms of Newfoundland’s socioeconomic position as Canada’s poorest province. Finally, we compare the Newfie case to other instances of contested group labelling. |
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