Exile and identity : Polish women in the Soviet Union during World War II / Katherine R. Jolluck

Publication | Library Call Number: D810.W7 J65 2002

Series: Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
Series in Russian and East European studies.
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Jolluck, Katherine R.
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002
Includes bibliographical references (335-346) and index
Language: English

Physical Description: xxiv, 356 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: "Thus began the wandering of the Polish people": the background to exile
"We were seized by utter despair" : from invasion to exile
"The element that was dangerous for 'our liberators'" : the women of this study
"After all, I am a Polish woman" : self-definition through the experience of exile
"Women were treated the same as men" : labor in exile
"As long as there is still a Polish woman, there will also be a Polish question" : family and nation
"Homeless in her own body" : the body and sexuality
"We Polish women were a model of unity before their citizens" : self-definition through the delineation of "others"
"They abused our fatherland" : coexisting with the national minorities
"Barely distinguishable from animals" : encountering Asia
"You can't even call them women" : condemning the Russians.
ISBN: 0822941856
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (335-346) and index.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Women--Poland.
World War, 1939-1945--Women--Soviet Union.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish.
Exiles--Soviet Union.
Polish people--Soviet Union.
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