Emil Kubek’s “Others”: Class, Nation, and Race in Carpatho-Rusyn American Literature
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.12797/RRB.18.2022.18.05Keywords:
diaspora studies, inbetween peoples, migrant literature, working‑class studiesAbstract
W niniejszym artykule przeprowadzono analizę sposobu przedstawiania terminów „swój” i „inny” w prozie i poezji karpacko‑ rusińskiego pisarza, Emila Kubeka. Jako ksiądz katolicki obrządku bizantyńskiego Kubek często wybiera bohaterów znajdujących się na marginesie społeczeństwa – ubogich, poniżanych, uciśnionych, co pozwala mu kojarzyć Amerykanów narodowości karpacko‑ rusińskiej z różnorodnymi grupami społecznymi. Czerpiąc z ówczesnych kategorii klasowych, narodowych i rasowych, Kubek niekiedy częściej niż z białymi Amerykanami identyfikuje Amerykanów karpacko‑ rusińskiego pochodzenia z innymi „ludami pomiędzy” (Włosi) lub rasami (Afroamerykanie). Podczas gdy estetyka Kubeka zachęcała jego czytelników do kultywowania etyki wyrażającej współczucie i solidarność z innymi, kolejne pokolenia Amerykanów karpacko‑ rusińskiego pochodzenia porzuciły ten imperatyw i w dużej mierze zasymilowały się z białą kulturą amerykańską.
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