Prispevek obravnava življenjsko zgodbo misijonarke in nagrajene pisateljice Marije Sreš ter odpira nove poglede na misijonske ženske migracije. Predstavlja spoj verske s posvetno poklicanostjo, ki ...opredeljuje migracijske poti in literarno ustvarjanje Marije Sreš v Indiji, pri čemer misijonarka-avtorica pogosto izstopa iz predpisanih spolnih vlog. Prispevek njeno zgodbo umešča v širši kontekst katoliške internacionale sedemdesetih let prejšnjega stoletja. Družbeni angažma Marije Sreš temelji na osebni veri v Kristusa, ki ji ponuja legitimacijo za žensko delovanje v misijonih in možnost večje samorealizacije (tudi s pisanjem).
The following five papers by scholars from various academic disciplines are intended as a contextual and methodological backdrop to a larger and on-going research project, begun in May 2017 under the ...title “Slovene Women Missionaries in India: A Forgotten Chapter in Intercultural Relations” (ARRS – J6 8258). Barely half way through this study, we are yet to complete the gathering and processing of primary data related to the lives of a dozen Slovene women missionaries, who left their native country over the course of the twentieth century and ended up in different parts of India, where they lived, worked and – in most cases – also died.
This paper offers a new reading of Rabindranath Tagore's acclaimed novel Ghare Baire (Home and the World) by looking at it explicitly through the prism of hospitality. Drawing on the critical ...vocabulary of Jacques Derrida, it frames the central question of the novel as that of taking the risk of offering (un)conditional hospitality, with all its consequences. This involves exploring and tracing the ideological roots of the radical ethical position of the main protagonist, Nikhilesh, who self-consciously allows a guest to overstay his welcome. The novel is read as a paean to hospitality as risk-taking, and therefore to the frightening ordeal of freedom with ambiguous outcomes.
The rise and fall of W.B. Yeats's enthusiasm for Rabindranath Tagore as a poet is analyzed here as due primarily to Yeats's own changing aspirations for restoring a pristine Ireland. Reinforcing this ...psychological interpretation is a post-colonial argument that finds Yeats, notwithstanding his opposition to colonial rule in Ireland and India, as unable to appreciate the Bengali poet as intellectually and politically a fully mature and autonomous individual. Once Tagore had rejected his British knighthood in protest against the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, it is argued, he no longer fitted the benign but condescending stereotype of serene, spiritual Oriental that had helped propel him to the Nobel Prize.
Since the 1990s, Indian producers have been mobilising more and more filming locations in Western European countries and in the United States. Central and Eastern Europe has remained a grey area up ...until the expansion of the European Union in 2004. The process of political, economic, and social cohesion has opened new opportunities for Indian producers to explore "exotic" locations. Slovenia, the smallest of the countries belonging to the Central and Eastern Europe, has featured as an example thereof. This chapter explores the processes, mechanisms, and cultural contexts that have popularised destinations in Central and Eastern Europe in general and Slovenia in particular. As a post-socialist country that has nonetheless always maintained strong ties to the Western world, Slovenia is shown to occupy a rather specific place in the context of Indian-European film co-production, while nonetheless exhibiting tendencies that characterise the wider region. This serves to underline both the unity and diversity not only of the region itself but also of the problematic at hand. This research is based on ten in-depth interviews conducted in Slovenia and India with key stakeholders in the film industry, including organisations that use film for their purposes (e.g. destination marketing organisations, diplomats, film commissions). The comparative advantages of Slovenia as a destination for filmmakers are discovered to be affordable filming locations, a great variety of landscapes displaying beautiful natural scenery as well as cultural heritage, skilled technicians, and talented performers. However, Slovenia has only acted as a backdrop for Indian filmmakers so far. More efforts need to be made to raise its profile among filmmakers and consequently the audience.
This chapter explores the processes, mechanisms, and cultural contexts that have popularised destinations in Central and Eastern Europe in general and Slovenia in particular. It explores the structures, mechanisms, and cultural contexts that have popularised filming destinations in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) among Indian producers. A softer form of socialism and a geostrategic location close to countries such as Austria, Germany, and Italy allowed Slovenia to have relatively close relations with the Western world during this period and a smoother transition to democracy after the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1991 and its independence. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent break-up of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia, cultural industries were the first to suffer massive cuts and withdrawal of secure funding early in the 1990s. The process of dismantling the film industry was similar to that in other countries of CEE.
This thesis is the first in-depth exploration of the connection between the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) and the Slovene poet Srecko Kosovel (1904- 1926). It proceeds from a key ...observation that, in spite of their differences, they share a worldview that derives from a structurally similar positioning within their respective historical situations. Both wrote from the awareness of their region's subjugated status and endorsed an anti-imperialist stance that rejected nationalism as a viable means of liberation, embracing instead a creative universalist ideal. While seeking to establish the reasons, relevance, and manner in which Tagore inspired Kosovel, the thesis also traces broader parallels and shared concerns between the two poets, situating their "universalisms" in their respective culture-historical contexts. The introduction and chapter one lay out the comparative and theoretical framework, exploring "universalism" in its embattled relationship with "nationalism" in the context of anti-imperialist/colonial struggles to arrive at a workable definition with which to approach the two poets. Part II looks at the personal and historical factors shaping Tagore's theory and practice of liberation, as he came to reject nationalism and deconstruct the binary logic of colonial modernity so as to reposition India and the individual in a global framework. The importance of his post-Nobel Prize travels for his world vision is explored in conjunction with Tagore's reputation in the West, particularly in Europe's Central and Eastern peripheries, such as Slovenia. Part III introduces Kosovel and establishes the framework conjoining the two poets across the vastly different culturo-geographic space. Kosovel's reading of Tagore is framed through the paradigms of (cross-colonial) situational identifications and global modernity. It proposes a new reading of Kosovel's poetry, analyzing Kosovel's shift from a romantic to modernist sensibility in the light of his endorsement of Tagore's universalist idea(l)s.
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