Writing on the limits of the Estonian diaspora

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

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11264708
AutoresRiikka Taavetti (0000-0001-9601-2206, University of Helsinki, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume52
Fascículo1
Páginas1-16
Data de publicação2021-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Baltic Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0162-9778 • E-ISSN: 1751-7877
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01629778.2020.1850487
OpenAlexW3103544191
IdiomaEN
Referências 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