Yearning for New Horizons: The Male and the Female View of the Old World and of the Conquest of the New World in the 1930’s Cover Image

Med udlængsel i blodet: Det mandlige og det kvindelige syn på den gamle verden og på erobringen af den nye i 1930’erne under den danske kolonisation i
Yearning for New Horizons: The Male and the Female View of the Old World and of the Conquest of the New World in the 1930’s

Author(s): Daniela Vrbová
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: Migration; Danish migration; migration literature; Danmark; Argentina; Paraguay; colonization; the concept of “home”

Summary/Abstract: The article compares two autobiographical texts from the 1930’s, written by two – male and female – Danish migrants to Argentina. It examines differences and resemblance in topics connected with leaving one’s home country and settling in a new one from the male and the female perspective. A brief history of Danish migration to Argentina and some of its special features are provided at the beginning of the article.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 57-75
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Danish