Zo starej na novú hrudu: axiologické aspekty slovenskej emigrácie
From the old to the new homeland: axiological aspects of Slovak emigration

Summary/Abstract: The paper offers a picture of the value perception of the term “migration”, especially from the point of view of the participants in this process of wandering, transition, exodus, etc. Using the example of memoir narratives and essays published in the anthology “Spomienky pionierov” (“Memories of Pioneers”, edited by I. Stolárik, Toronto, Ont. Canada: Canadian Slovak League, 1978), the axiological image of migration across the Atlantic among Slovaks is analysed from the point of view of their motivation to make this physical move from Europe to overseas in the difficult socio-economic conditions of the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. In particular, the paper provides a picture of migration that evokes the need to revitalize the exile’s relationship to homeland, fatherland, and one’s own identity.

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