When Time and Space Are No Longer the Same: Stories about Immigration&lt;br&gt;Ko čas in prostor nista več to kar sta bila: Zgodbe o imigraciji&lt;/br&gt;
Journal: Studia mythologica Slavica
Year: 2015

This paper analyzes personal narratives of immigrants to Israel from the countries of the former Soviet Union. Time is constituted by social activities, and its perception varies across cultures and changes over time. Growing up in a culture we internalize a specific system of social time characterized by regularities, cycles, and repetitions. This paper demonstrates that all of it changes when immigrants find themselves in a new culture. The loss of stability is viewed as a temporary life in a