Representations of Romanian Ethnicity Abroad: Romanian Heritage Centers in the United States

This study works towards a more thorough understanding of the concept    of Romanian ethnicity in the United States, through an analysis of two heritage centers in the United States, the Romanian Folk Art Museum in Philadelphia and the Heritage Organization of Romanian Americans in Minnesota. Construed as agencies which shape the way we understand the past and future of Romanian diasporic communities rather than as unbiased repositories of ethnic information, the two institutions are explored in terms of scope, agenda and impact. My description focuses on the resources of such institutions enlisted towards collecting, preserving and providing access to  materials that document the settlement and development   of Romanian ethnic groups in different American states.

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