METAFORE MEŠANJA KULTUR V ŽIVLJENJSKIH ZGODBAH MIGRANTOV.

The article deals with collected life stories of the second generation of migrants or, rather, migrants and their descendants. In the first part I present selected anthropological theories on the metaphors of mixing cultures, particularly hybridization and the notion of bricolage. In the second part I present segments of the life stories of migrants and their interpretation of culture through the metaphors of mixing cultures; in this part the analysis is based on the formalist model of ethnicity. The purpose of this paper is to present a reconsideration of metaphors that illustrate mixing of cultures through the analysis of in-depth interviews conducted in the framework of the BRIDGE project. Primary focus is on the parts of the narratives that provide insight into the interpretation of cultural and ethnic differences, in connection with the management of different cultural repertoires. I point in particular to the representations that are created and used within the cultural repertoire of the interviewees, which are shared within various groups and used for their cultural and ethnic self-identifications or self-ascriptions. The article shows how individuals either defy the methodological nationalism and isomorphism of culture and limited national territory within some contexts or remain caught in them within others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]