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.
"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.
