SLOVENES IN ARGENTINA BETWEEN THE YEARS 1960-1991 IN THE LIGHT OF SVOBODNA SLOVENIJA NEWSPAPER

Izseljevanje v Argentino iz slovenskega etničnega prostora med leti 1960 in 1991 je v tem diplomskem delu predstavljeno predvsem z vidika tednika Svobodna Slovenija. Slovensko izseljenstvo se je v Argentini začelo organizirati, da bi se tako ohranilo nadaljnje dogajanje in ohranjanje etnične identitete v izseljenstvu. Izseljenska kultura je mešanica mnogih dejavnikov in je prav zaradi tega zanimiva za preučevanje, zato je moj namen tega diplomskega dela prikaz organiziranosti Slovencev v Argentini na kulturnem, političnem in verskem področju. Vsa organizacija in razne dejavnosti so temeljile na prostovoljnem delu, kar je bilo izjemnega pomena za dobro oblikovano slovensko skupnost v Argentini, kar pa je dajalo občutek skupinske pripadnosti tudi izven slovenskih meja. V diplomskem delu bo na podlagi časopisnega poročanja tednika Svobodna Slovenija opisana organiziranost Slovencev in razmere v Argentini. V središču ni prikaz le izseljevanje Slovencev, temveč tudi pregled organizacije Slovencev v okviru društev, v okviru slovenske katoliške cerkve in v okviru slovenskih narodnih domov.In this thesis emigrating form the Slovenian ethnical space to Argentina between the years 1960 and 1991 is presented from the weekly newspaper Svobodna Slovenija’s point of view. Slovenian immigrants had started organising in Argentina to further events and preserve their ethnical identity in immigration. The immigration culture is a mixture of many factors and that is the reason it is interesting for research. That is why the purpose of this thesis is an illustration of the Slovenian’s organisation in the cultural, political and religious field. All the organisations and various activities were based on volunteer work which was of extreme importance for a better formed Slovenian community in Argentina giving a feeling of belonging to a community outside Slovenia. In this thesis the organisation and circumstances of Slovenians in Argentina will be depicted based on the reportings of the weekly newspaper Svobodna Slovenija. The focus is not only Slovenian emigration, but also a review of Slovenian organisation within associations, the Slovenian Catholic Church and Slovenian National Homes