The Past in Exile
Download or Read eBook The Past in Exile PDF written by Birgit Bock-Luna and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2007 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Birgit Bock-Luna |
| Publisher | : LIT Verlag Münster |
| Total Pages | : 262 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| ISBN-10 | : 3825897524 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9783825897529 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Past in Exile by : Birgit Bock-Luna
Book excerpt: In this study of identity politics, memory and long-distance nationalism among Serbian migrants in California, the author examines the complicated ways in which visions of the past are used to form Diaspora subjects and make claims to the homeland in the present. Drawing on extended fieldwork in the San Francisco Bay Area community, she shows how the Yugoslav wars generated a revaluation Serbian history and personal life stories, resulting in the strengthening of ethnic identity. Nevertheless, strategies for dealing with rupture and change also included contestation of exile nationalism.
