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Histoire Croisée As An Approach To Migrant Writing, Gijsbert Pols
Histoire Croisée As An Approach To Migrant Writing, Gijsbert Pols
CALL: Irish Journal for Culture, Arts, Literature and Language
Although commonly understood as a monolithic entity, scholars have successfully approached the idea of cultural identity in terms of relationship, reference and binary opposition during the last two decades. This approach has consequences for the study of migrant literature. It seems the widely shared idea of ‘cultural transfer’, which implies a linear movement between mutually independent cultural spaces, is obsolete. This article instead proposes the concept of the histoire croisée, developed by Werner and Zimmermann, as a more fruitful model. Following Werner and Zimmermann’s suggestion that any migrant situation can be seen as culturally ‘crossed’, the article discusses two Dutch …
"Diaspora Is A Greek Word: Words By Greeks On The Diaspora", Marina Frangos
"Diaspora Is A Greek Word: Words By Greeks On The Diaspora", Marina Frangos
CALL: Irish Journal for Culture, Arts, Literature and Language
The article explores the different types of the Greek Diaspora in the past 150 years and how these different types are identified in literary production. Following global diasporas’ theory and particularly Robin Cohen’s typology of victim, labour, trade, cultural and imperial diasporas, various literary works are cited by writers of Greek heritage from different countries to determine whether these different types of diaspora have been represented and presented to a global audience. The article adds to a better understanding of global migrant literature. Writers cited include Elia Kazan, Pulitzer-prize winner Greek American Jeffrey Eugenides and Australia’s Christos Tsiolkas.