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Specific Form of Identity among Namibian Czechs

Open Access
|Apr 2020

Abstract

The main goal of the paper is to explain specific ways in which the group of so-called Namibian Czechs identifies itself and how we can conceptualize their specific form of identity. For this reason, the article presents specific theoretical concepts focused on identities such as diaspora or transnational and bicultural identity. In recent years, all three of these concepts are gaining more attention, and an ever-growing number of communities are labelled as diaspora, transnational, or bicultural. Affiliation with one of those categories can potentially lead to a variety of political claims for such a group. The article aims to explain which of the concepts is best suitable for the group of Namibian Czechs, a group of fifty-six former child war refugees, who were educated and accommodated in Czechoslovakia between 1985 and 1991.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eas-2020-0002 | Journal eISSN: 1339-7877 | Journal ISSN: 1339-7834
Language: English
Page range: 12 - 33
Published on: Apr 13, 2020
Published by: University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2020 Pavel Miškařík, published by University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
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