The Dynamics of Forced Female Migration from Czechoslovakia to Britain, 1938-1950 (Exile Studies .18) （2019. XXII, 330 S. 24 Abb. 225 mm）

Buresova, Jana Barbora/ Herausgegeben:Hammel, Andrea

PETER LANG（2019発売）

PETER LANG（2019発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 330 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781788744461

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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.

Contents

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