Memories of Gottschee: A Narrated History of Fidelity and

Memories of Gottschee: A Narrated History of Fidelity and Fragility

Gottschee was eine Deutsche Sprachinsel, a German linguistic enclave, inside the borders of present day Slovenia, and at the crossroads of history. Over the centuries, the Gottscheer people witnessed the boarders around them redrawn and experienced forced resettlement. As a result, this tiny ethnic group identifies themselves in relation to the Austro-Hungarian empire, the Habsburg Empire, Austria, Slovenia, Yugoslavia, Italy and Germany. Thomason traces the history of the Gottscheers in their own words, from their childhoods in Gottschee, to their resettlement in 1941 and their final migration in the 1950's across Europe and the Atlantic Ocean. In the process of presenting and preserving the Gottscheer history, Thomason shares her own ethnographic descriptions of the community and her experiences getting to know them.
Country USA
Manufacturer CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding Paperback
EANs 9781449901332
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding	Paperback
EANs	9781449901332
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Memories of Gottschee: A Narrated History of Fidelity and Fragility