The Macedonian Review and the Invisible Cities of the Emigrant
What is cultural memory in the relation between the nation-state and the emigrant? How is the connection to and communication with the emigrant community continued and developed by the nation-state after emigration? This paper will focus on the role of the<em> Macedonian Review: History, Cult...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MI-AN Publishing
2014-11-01
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| Series: | Kultura (Skopje) |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.cultcenter.net/index.php/culture/article/view/49 |
| Summary: | What is cultural memory in the relation between the nation-state and the emigrant? How is the connection to and communication with the emigrant community continued and developed by the nation-state after emigration? This paper will focus on the role of the<em> Macedonian Review: History, Culture, Literature, Arts,</em> a journal that was published by “Kulturen Život” and distributed by Matica, the organisation responsible for the communication with the emigrant community, through the diaspora in Australia and elsewhere. How is the subjectivity and cultural memory of the emigrant as individual and collective represented in the journal? From a study of the issues of the Macedonian Review as archival data, this paper will argue that rather than representation, the emigrant, as subjectivity is absent from the essays in the journal. The role of the journal can be interpreted as a form of ‘re-education’ of the emigrant and members of the Macedonian diaspora. While the journal is commendable in terms of scholarship and the portrayal of the cultural legacy of Macedonian history, people and culture, its potential resonance and affect on the diaspora community is limited. Interwoven with this critique will be glimpses of the story of emigration, and how both the individual emigrant and the Macedonian diaspora is critical for capturing the dimension of monumental time in relation to Macedonia.<strong> </strong> |
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| ISSN: | 1857-7717 1857-7725 |