Latvian-Americans in the Post-Soviet era: Cultural factors on return migration in oral history interviews

Maija Hinkle

Journal of Baltic Studies, 2006, vol. 37, issue 1, 48-67

Abstract: This article examines the changing exile identity and the lack of return migration of Latvian-Americans to Latvia after its independence in 1991, as revealed in life narratives of individuals and in oral history workshops. Focusing on the first and second generation of World War II refugees from Latvia, who emigrated to the USA around 1950 and formed still active communities-in-exile, the author presents the self-identity of community members during the exile period when contacts with the home country were limited, and examines the changing relationship of the diaspora community members to Latvia after its independence, and the cultural and interpersonal factors that have affected Latvian-American return migration to Latvia and hampered understanding between the two communities.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1080/01629770500000261

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