The New Europe’s brave new world: Writing migration in Zuska Kepplová’s Sweet Rolls in a Tattoo

Věra Eliášová*

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

The article takes up the novel Sweet Rolls in a Tattoo (2011) by a contemporary Slovak writer, Zuska Kepplová, in order to interrogate the issues of migration, nomadism, travel and mobility in the post-Schengen New Europe. This novel, offering a narrative of transcultural mobility, consists of several interconnected stories of young people moving from the post-socialist Europe in order to study, find work, or merely experience adventure in major European cities such as London or Paris. Unlike previous generations, the nomads of New Europe enjoy freedom to travel, but this unprecedented condition requires negotiating new social contracts, even searching for a new language for their new transnational and transcultural experience.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)415-430
Number of pages16
JournalEuropean Journal of Women's Studies
Volume21
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Nov 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Hybridity
  • migration
  • New Europe
  • nomadism
  • post-socialist
  • transcultural narratives
  • transnational experience
  • travelling

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