Exil a identita: Posrpnový exil v Rakousku a Švýcarsku
Exile and Identity: The Post-Prague Spring Exile in Austria and Switzerland

Author(s): Ondřej Haváč
Subject(s): Oral history, Political history, Social history, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Migration Studies, Politics and Identity, Identity of Collectives, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Exile; Identity; The Post-Prague Spring Exile; Austria; Switzerland;
Summary/Abstract: Is it possible to feel oneself to be a member of a nation after living half a century in a foreign country? This book, which deals with Czech exiles in Austria and Switzerland after 1968, answers the question and describes how the integration of Czechoslovak refugees in host countries manifests in their perceptions of national identity. The monograph is based on archival and oral sources acquired during field research in Austria and Switzerland conducted from 2011 to 2015. The analysis focuses on the description of the process of integration of newcomers in the host countries as well as on the understanding of changes in the refugees’ identification with the Czech nation.

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