Orientalism, otherness, and the Soviet empire: travelogues by Latvian writers of the Soviet period

Maija Burima

Journal of Baltic Studies, 2016, vol. 47, issue 1, 65-75

Abstract: The development of travel writing in a national literature is closely related to the geographical and mental cartography that characterizes that territory. This article investigates Latvian travelogues of the Soviet era as encounters with other nations within the Soviet empire in order to analyze the role of Latvian travel writings in shaping a feeling of belonging to the empire. In addition to fostering obedience and a sense of belonging to the Soviet empire during the first 15 oppressive years of the Soviet regime, Latvian travelogues of the later years represented the Soviet empire as a conflictual site of the destruction of traditional values and landscapes.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2015.1103511

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