Trieste and Louis Adamic’s Transnational Identities

Authors

  • John Paul Enyeart Bucknell University, 067 Coleman Hall, Department of History, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 17837

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/dd.2020.1.03

Keywords:

Adamic, diaspora, anti-Colonialism, Tito, transnational activism

Abstract

By examining Slovene immigrant to the United States and world-renowned author Louis Adamic’s effort to mediate between his Yugoslav and American identities, this article helps us to think what having a transnational identity means. By focusing on Adamic’s writings about Trieste and Italy in general, the article shows how he transitioned from being a disaporic leader during World War II to an anti-colonialist from 1946–1951. Examining Adamic’s activist stances regarding Trieste helps us to think about transnationalism beyond a single cross-border movement or an individual’s identity claim at a specific moment. Adamic’s effort to convince the U.S. government that Yugoslavia should control Trieste allows us to see how transnationalism operated as an identity in flux.

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Author Biography

John Paul Enyeart, Bucknell University, 067 Coleman Hall, Department of History, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 17837

PhD in History, Professor of History, Bucknell University, 067 Coleman Hall, Department of History, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 17837

The author deals with Adamic’s leadership in the South Slavic diaspora and his anti-colonialism in his book Death to Fascism (Enyeart 2019). By focusing on Trieste, this article builds on his previous work and emphasizes his relationship to transnationalism more directly.

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Published

2020-02-20

How to Cite

Enyeart, J. P. (2020). Trieste and Louis Adamic’s Transnational Identities. Two Homelands, (51). https://doi.org/10.3986/dd.2020.1.03

Issue

No. 51 (2020)

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Articles

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