Patriotism and Love in the Context of the Estonian Western Diaspora

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2658962
AutoresTriinu Ojamaa (0000-0002-3314-1489, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen72
Páginas181-202
Fecha de publicación2018-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFolklore Electronic Journal of Folklore (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1406-0957 • E-ISSN: 1406-0949
EditorialEstonian Literary Museum Scholarly Press (PUBLISHER • EE)
DOI10.7592/fejf2018.72.ojamaa
OpenAlexW2884817696
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas9

The article focuses on the love Estonians abroad have for their country of origin, compatriots, and people with different ethnic backgrounds. The research material consists of interviews, essays, and two novels. The interviews have mainly been collected from the Second World War refugees and their descendants in Canada, the USA, Australia, and Europe. The essays include immigrants' thoughts and feelings toward Estonia from the time of the restoration of the Republic of Estonia's independence onward. Elin Toona's novel Sipelgas sinise kausi all (The ant under the blue bowl) and Enn Nu's novel Ma armastasin rootslast ehk Sollefte suvi (I loved a Swede or summer in Sollefte) are based on the authors' personal life experience in exile and reflect the refugees' attitudes toward Estonia as well as their host country. Based on the listed material, the article discusses the following issues: What are the sources of diaspora Estonians' patriotic feelings? How do the older diaspora generations teach the youth to love Estonia? Can the love for Estonia be unified with the love toward a non-Estonian

Archaeology · Diaspora · Estonian · Ethnology · Linguistics · Patriotism · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Philosophy