%0 Book %A Janja Zitnik Serafin %D 2012 %C Berlin, Germany %I Peter Lang Verlag %@ 9783653018271 %T Bridges and Walls %B Slovenian Multiethnic Literature and Culture %R 10.3726/978-3-653-01827-1 %U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1047071 %X Bridges and Walls is a first step towards a comparative confrontation between the social-cultural situation of Slovenian emigrants in the past and the current social-cultural situation of various groups of immigrants in Slovenia. One of the main goals of this comparative study is to alert the Slovenian majority to the specific socio-cultural conditions of immigrants and thus develop both intercultural awareness and a multicultural national identity. %K immigrant writers in Slovenia, emigrant literature, Slovenian diaspora, cultural marginalization, multiculturalism, ethnic discrimination %G English