Writing on the limits of the Estonian diaspora

Belonging, gender, and sexuality in Heljo Liitoja’s autobiographies

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11264708
AutoresRiikka Taavetti (0000-0001-9601-2206, University of Helsinki, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen52
Número1
Páginas1-16
Fecha de publicación2021-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Baltic Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0162-9778 • E-ISSN: 1751-7877
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01629778.2020.1850487
OpenAlexW3103544191
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas29

This article analyzes two autobiographies of the Estonian-Canadian Heljo Liitoja (1923 − 2010) as participation in the post-Soviet national reconstruction of Estonia. The article argues that some of Liitoja’s experiences, such as her connection to the Toronto gay and lesbian community and the controversies within the Estonian diaspora, could not be addressed in an autobiography framed within an Estonian life story writing competition. The article suggests that Liitoja’s autobiographical book that discussed these topics was able to stretch the limits of the Estonian diaspora narrative

Diaspora · Estonian · Human sexuality · Linguistics · Political science · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy