Buresova The Dynamics of Forced Female Migration from Czechoslovakia to Britain, 1938–1950

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78874-447-8
Verlag: Peter Lang
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Web PDF

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Awarded the Honorary Silver Medal of Jan Masaryk

The study of Czechoslovak women refugees in Britain is noticeably missing from current research and Anglo-Czechoslovak historiography. This book explores the diverse experiences, dilemmas and contributions to Britain of these women within a socio-political context, commencing with the 1938 Munich Agreement that precipitated exile.

An essential difference between this and many other studies of exile is the focus on nationality (Czechoslovak) and gender (women), rather than either element alone. Moreover, archival research is complemented by oral interviews with former refugees, presenting a more detailed and nuanced approach to their experiences, including wartime roles in the armed services, Czechoslovak Red Cross, women’s organizations and patriotic cultural societies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Buresova, Jana Barbora

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Demographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Historische Migrationsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS: Arrival and Adjustment in Britain – Friendly Alien/Enemy Alien? Internment and MI5 Scrutiny – A Women’s War in a Foreign Land: Helping the War Effort – Mothers Without Their Children, Children Without Their Mothers – Identity, Culture and Social Cohesion: 'Home Away from Home' – Repatriation, Retribution and (Re)migration to Britain

Über Autor(innen)

Jana Barbora Buresova is a committee member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, attached to the Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR) at the University of London, where she was awarded the Martin Miller and Hannah Norbert-Miller Bursary for Doctoral Study. She is also involved in the Association of Jewish Refugees’ audio-visual Holocaust Testimony Archive project.