Writing on the limits of the Estonian diaspora
Belonging, gender, and sexuality in Heljo Liitoja’s autobiographies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11264708 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Riikka Taavetti (0000-0001-9601-2206, University of Helsinki, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Baltic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-9778 • E-ISSN: 1751-7877 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01629778.2020.1850487 |
| OpenAlex | W3103544191 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 29 |
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
Memory in Culture
Never Going Back
The Estonian Diaspora
Telling Sexual Stories
De-Centring western sexualities
The Epistolary Dynamics of Sisterhood Across the Iron Curtain
Reframing Sexual Violence as a Weapon and Strategy of War
Contesting Identity
Other things happened to women”
Survivorship and the Eastern exile
Life story as cultural memory
Belonging and the politics of belonging
Toronto's gay village (1969–1982)
Patriotism and Love in the Context of the Estonian Western Diaspora
Toward a definition of diaspora
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |