Original scientific paper

Transnationalisation and identification among youth of Croatian origin in Germany

Jasna Čapo Žmegač orcid.org/0000-0001-6181-2860 ; Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The paper discusses the impossiblity to express or categorise multidimensional identities displayed by the descendants of Croatian economic migrants in Germany. Their bifocality, transnational experiences and transnational contexts of their identifications are confronted with the still dominant national categorizations of identity which require that they declare themselves as either Germans or Croats. Possibilities for overcoming the prevalent national logic of identification are discussed within the context of a supra-national entity the European Union.

Keywords

transnationalisation; identity; Croatian migrants; Germany; European Union

Hrčak ID:

2916

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/2916

Publication date:

5.6.2005.

Article data in other languages: croatian

Visits: 2.657 *