20.500.12556/RUL-180644 The water analogy in selected Emirati fiction Analogija vode v izbrani emiratski prozi The story of many first- and second-generation Italian Americans was characterized by profound tensions: on the one hand, they strived to hold on to their cultural roots as a powerful act of resistance to assimilation; on the other hand, they felt compelled to erase difference in order to blend into the very society that often stigmatized them. Writers and artists Maria Mazziotti Gillan and Susan Caperna Lloyd have captured this struggle in their multi-faceted work, forcefully portraying their alienation, the self-erasure that often came with trying to succeed in America, as well as their proud assertion of their ethnic identity. This essay sets out to investigate the ways they both used documentary films—The Baggage (2001) and All That Lies between Us (2007)—as a means to restore visibility, reclaim complexity, and give voice to the Italian American experience. Zgodba mnogih Italijanskih Američanov prve in druge generacije je bila zaznamovana z globokimi napetostmi: na eni strani so si prizadevali ohraniti svoje kulturne korenine kot močan akt upora proti asimilaciji, na drugi strani pa so se počutili prisiljeni izbrisati razli-ke, da bi se vklopili v družbo, ki jih je pogosto stigmatizirala. Pisateljici in umetnici Maria Mazziotti Gillan in Susan Caperna Lloyd sta to borbo ujeli v svojem večplastnem delu, v katerem sta močno upodobili svojo odtujenost, samouničevanje, ki je pogosto spremlja-lo poskuse uspeha v Ameriki, ter ponosno uveljavljanje svoje etnične identitete. Ta esej raziskuje načine, na katere sta obe uporabili dokumentarna filma – The Baggage (2001) in All That Lies between Us (2007) – kot sredstvo za ponovno vzpostavitev vidnosti, ponovno pridobitev kompleksnosti in izražanje italijansko-ameriške izkušnje. water motive intertextuality literature of the UAE motiv vode medbesedilnost književnost Združenih arabskih emiratov true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-03-12 13:20:36 2026-03-12 13:20:41 2026-03-13 04:37:27 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 57-74 [št.] 2 [Letn.] 58 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-01-01 821.411.21.09-3(536.2) 0567-784X 10.4312/an.58.2.57-74 271299843 RAZ_Al_Ali_Abdulla_Majed_2025.pdf RAZ_Al_Ali_Abdulla_Majed_2025.pdf 1 A644D28577A8B8AF816383F9E27DD890 f79e77911eaf43aa3b9541a1c368446c47a9409bf4dbc86206c6d2543778aae6 47e53ae2-1e0e-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=230239 https://journals.uni-lj.si/ActaNeophilologica/article/view/24538 1 dfeb0e98-1e0d-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=230238 Filozofska fakulteta Acta neophilologica 0 0 0