Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Introduction; M.T.Stanle y & G.Zinn The Grammar of Contested Memory: The Representation of Exile in Selected Female-Authored Texts of Diaspora; M.S.V squez PART I: THE POLITICAL AND THE PERSONAL: HISTORY, WAR, AND RESISTANCE Dolores Ib rruri, Pasionaria: Voice of the Anti-Franco Movement (1939-1975); M.A.Dellinger Female Voices of Resistance in Neus Catal 's De la resistencia y la deportaci n: The Triumph of Life, Dignity and Solidarity during the Holocaust; M.T.Stanley Off the Record: Voices of Ordinary Jewish Survivors of the Shoah; M.Gerlind PART II: LITERATURE AND THE ARTS Dancing Out of Bounds: Valeska Gert in Berlin and New York; S.J.Norton A Gypsy in Exile: 'Home' and 'Nostalgia' in Creative Works by the Austrian Roma Ceija Stojka; G.Zinn Passion and Participation: Motherhood and Exile in the Works of Mar a Teresa Le n; Mar a del Mar L pez-Cabrales Wife, Whore, Witch: The Portrayal of Violence in the Works of Merc Rodoreda; V.Ketz The Four Free Walls of Paris: NivariaTejera's Exiles in Espero la noche para so arte, Revoluci n; M.Hern ndez Ojeda PART III: IMMIGRATION, INTEGRATION AND COMMUNITY: CULTURE AS ARTICULATED IN LANGUAGE, ON THE BODY, AND WITHIN SPACE How to Eat W rstel: Two Generations of Female Shoah Exiles in London; E.Eppler Multiculturalism and Citizenship in the UK: The Case of Female Genital Mutilation; A.Guin & F.J.M.Fuentes Rising above the Bottom of German Society: Reflections on Interviews with Female Roma Refugees from Former Yugoslavia; M.Halpaap
Synopsis
A number of historical events of the twentieth century gave rise to migration, immigration, and exile to and within the European continent. This collection represents an effort to raise consciousness about the marginalization of exiled women - artists, writers, political figures, as well as members of ethnic and religious minorities.