Exile and identity
Subtitle: Polish women in the Soviet Union during World War II
By: Katherine R. Jolluck.
Series: Pitt series in Russian and East European studies; Series in Russian and East European studies.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Poland; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Soviet Union; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Polish; Exiles -- Soviet Union; Poles -- Soviet Union
Genres: Personal narratives, Polish.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (335-346) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Thus began the wandering of the Polish people": the background to exile; title: "We were seized by utter despair" : from invasion to exile; title: "The element that was dangerous for 'our liberators'" : the women of this study; title: "After all, I am a Polish woman" : self-definition through the experience of exile; title: "Women were treated the same as men" : labor in exile; title: "As long as there is still a Polish woman, there will also be a Polish question" : family and nation; title: "Homeless in her own body" : the body and sexuality; title: "We Polish women were a model of unity before their citizens" : self-definition through the delineation of "others"; title: "They abused our fatherland" : coexisting with the national minorities; title: "Barely distinguishable from animals" : encountering Asia; title: "You can't even call them women" : condemning the Russians.