Idealization and Exile: Constructing Identity, Reconstructing Life
Abstract
Starting from several examples of the peninsular narrative from the postwar period, we will analyze the effects of a process carried out by many exiles to survive the forced migration: the transformation of hostile realities into imaginary ideals. Idealization disguises feelings, and it contributes to the construction of a new identity and to the reconstruction of a life dashed by war. But it also represents an escape where the exiles cannot find refuge.
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