Facing the Otherness: Crossing the Finnish-Soviet Estonian Border as Narrated by Finnish Tourists

Facing the Otherness: Crossing the Finnish-Soviet Estonian Border as Narrated by Finnish Tourists

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This study examines Finnish travellers’ experiences of travelling across the sea frontier between Finland and Soviet Estonia during the period of 1965–1991. The article focuses on the narratives of Finnish tourists about border crossings and cultural encounters. The analysis concentrates on travell...

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Main Author: Kirsi Lauén
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2014-12-01
Series:Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
Subjects:
Finnish-Soviet Estonian border
Soviet Estonia
Finnish tourism
narrative
other-ness
Online Access:https://journal.ep.liu.se/test3212/index.php/CU/article/view/2132
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spelling doaj-413ddabc654c4beebadb14a0f09c0b282021-03-18T13:32:45ZengLinköping University Electronic PressCulture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research2000-15252014-12-0166Facing the Otherness: Crossing the Finnish-Soviet Estonian Border as Narrated by Finnish TouristsKirsi Lauén0Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland, Finland This study examines Finnish travellers’ experiences of travelling across the sea frontier between Finland and Soviet Estonia during the period of 1965–1991. The article focuses on the narratives of Finnish tourists about border crossings and cultural encounters. The analysis concentrates on travellers’ relations and conceptions of the former Soviet Estonia and their descriptions of facing cultural otherness during their travels. The concept of otherness is used as an analytical tool to interpret the narratives. https://journal.ep.liu.se/test3212/index.php/CU/article/view/2132Finnish-Soviet Estonian borderSoviet EstoniaFinnish tourismnarrativeother-ness
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Facing the Otherness: Crossing the Finnish-Soviet Estonian Border as Narrated by Finnish Tourists
Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
Finnish-Soviet Estonian border
Soviet Estonia
Finnish tourism
narrative
other-ness
author_facet Kirsi Lauén
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title Facing the Otherness: Crossing the Finnish-Soviet Estonian Border as Narrated by Finnish Tourists
title_short Facing the Otherness: Crossing the Finnish-Soviet Estonian Border as Narrated by Finnish Tourists
title_full Facing the Otherness: Crossing the Finnish-Soviet Estonian Border as Narrated by Finnish Tourists
title_fullStr Facing the Otherness: Crossing the Finnish-Soviet Estonian Border as Narrated by Finnish Tourists
title_full_unstemmed Facing the Otherness: Crossing the Finnish-Soviet Estonian Border as Narrated by Finnish Tourists
title_sort facing the otherness: crossing the finnish-soviet estonian border as narrated by finnish tourists
publisher Linköping University Electronic Press
series Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
issn 2000-1525
publishDate 2014-12-01
description This study examines Finnish travellers’ experiences of travelling across the sea frontier between Finland and Soviet Estonia during the period of 1965–1991. The article focuses on the narratives of Finnish tourists about border crossings and cultural encounters. The analysis concentrates on travellers’ relations and conceptions of the former Soviet Estonia and their descriptions of facing cultural otherness during their travels. The concept of otherness is used as an analytical tool to interpret the narratives.
topic Finnish-Soviet Estonian border
Soviet Estonia
Finnish tourism
narrative
other-ness
url https://journal.ep.liu.se/test3212/index.php/CU/article/view/2132
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