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Trieste and Louis Adamicās Transnational Identities
Älanek s pomoÄjo prizadevanj slovenskega priseljenca v Združene države in svetovno znanega pisatelja Louisa AdamiÄa, da bi krmaril med svojima dvema identitetama, jugoslovansko in ameriÅ”ko, kaže, kaj v praksi pomeni transnacionalna identiteta. Na podlagi AdamiÄevih sploÅ”nih zapisov o Trstu in Italiji osvetljuje njegov prehod od vodje diaspore med drugo svetovno vojno do antikolonialista v letih 1946ā1951. Analiza AdamiÄeve aktivistiÄne drže do Trsta omogoÄa lažje razumevanje transnacionalizma onkraj posameznikovega Äezmejnega premika oziroma posameznikove trenutne identitetne opredelitve. AdamiÄeva prizadevanja, da bi vlado ZDA prepriÄal o nujnosti jugoslovanskega nadzora Trsta, omogoÄajo vpogled v delovanje transnacionalizma kot identitete v gibanju.By examining Slovene immigrant to the United States and world-renowned author Louis Adamicās effort to mediate between his Yugoslav and American identities, this article helps us to think what having a transnational identity means. By focusing on Adamicās 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 1946ā1951. Examining Adamicās activist stances regarding Trieste helps us to think about transnationalism beyond a single cross-border movement or an individualās identity claim at a specific moment. Adamicās effort to convince the U.S. government that Yugoslavia should control Trieste allows us to see how transnationalism operated as an identity in flux