Silences and divided memories: the exodus and its legacy in postwar Istrian society

"The Istrian Peninsula, which is made up of modern-day Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy suffered from the so-called "Istrian exodus" after the Second World War. This book looks at this difficult, silenced past and shifts the usual focus from migrants to those who stayed behind and to the...

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1. Verfasser: Hrobat Virloget, Katja (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Petrovic, Martin (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; Oxford Berghahn 2023
Ausgabe:English-language edition
Schriftenreihe:European anthropology in translation volume 12
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Zusammenfassung:"The Istrian Peninsula, which is made up of modern-day Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy suffered from the so-called "Istrian exodus" after the Second World War. This book looks at this difficult, silenced past and shifts the usual focus from migrants to those who stayed behind and to the new immigrants who came to the "emptied" towns.The research, based on individual memories, deals with silences and competing national discourses, reasons to stay and leave, hybrid border ethnic identities, and the renewal of Istrian society and its new social relations. It is a self-critical reflection on an ignored chapter of national history, which, with an empathetic approach, allows the silence to speak"--
Beschreibung:Aus dem Impressum: "Original title: V tišini spomina: 'eksodus' in Istra"
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 276 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781805390398
DOI:10.1515/9781805390398