FEMALE EXILES IN TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY EUROPE; ED. BY MAUREEN TOBIN STANLEY

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. Introduction / Marueen Tobin Stanley And Gesa Zinn -- The Grammar Of Contested Memory: The Representation Of Exile In Selected Female-authored Texts Of Diaspora / Mary S. Vásquez -- Pt. 1. The Political And Personal: History, War, And Resistance. Dolores Ibárruri, Pasionaria: Voice Of The Anti-franco Movement (1939-1975) / Mary Ann Dellinger -- Female Voices Of Resistance In Neus Català's De La Resistencia Y La Deportación: The Triumph Of Life, Dignity, And Solidarity During The Holocaust / Marueen Tobin Stanley -- Off The Record: Voices Of Ordinary Jewish Survivors Of The Shoah / Marion Gerlind -- Pt. 2. Literature And The Arts. Dancing Out Of Bounds: Valeska Gert In Berlin And New York / Sydney Jane Norton -- A Gypsy In Exile: Home And Nostalgia In Creative Works By The Austrian Romni Ceija Stojka / Gesa Zinn -- Passion And Participation: Motherhood And Exile In The Works Of María Teresa León / María Del Mar López-cabrales -- Wife, Whore, Witch: The Portrayal Of Violence In The Works Of Mercè Rodoreda / Victoria L. Ketz -- The Four Free Walls Of Paris: Nivaria Tejera's Exiles In Espero La Noche Para Soñarte, Revolución / María Hernández-ojeda -- Pt. 3. Immigration, Integration, And Community In Contemporary Europe: Culture As Articulated In Language, On The Body, And Within Space. How To Eat Würstel: Two Generations Of Female Shoah Exiles In London / Eva Eppler -- Multiculturalism And Citizenship In The United Kingdom: The Case Of Female Genital Mutilation / Anouk Guiné And Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes -- Rising Above The Bottom Of German Society: Reflections On Interviews With Female Roma Refugees From Former Yugoslavia / Monika Halpaap. Edited By Marueen Tobin Stanley And Gesa Zinn. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Introduction (Maureen Tobin Stanley, Gesa Zinn)....Pages 1-12 The Grammar of Contested Memory: The Representation of Exile in Selected Female-Authored Texts of Diaspora (Mary S. Vásquez)....Pages 13-29 Front Matter ....Pages 31-31 Dolores Ibárruri, Pasionaria: Voice of the Anti-Franco Movement (1939–1975) (Mary Ann Dellinger)....Pages 33-50 Female Voices of Resistance in Neus Català’s de la Resistencia y la Deportación: The Triumph of Life, Dignity, and Solidarity during the Holocaust (Maureen Tobin Stanley)....Pages 51-74 Off the Record: Voices of Ordinary Jewish Survivors of the Shoah (Marion Gerlind)....Pages 75-93 Front Matter ....Pages 95-95 Dancing Out of Bounds: Valeska Gert in Berlin and New York (Sydney Jane Norton)....Pages 97-120 A Gypsy in Exile: “Home” and “Nostalgia” in Creative Works by the Austrian Romni Ceija Stojka (Gesa Zinn)....Pages 121-136 Passion and Participation: Motherhood and Exile in the Works of María Teresa León (María del Mar López-Cabrales)....Pages 137-153 Wife, Whore, Witch: The Portrayal of Violence in the Works of Mercè Rodoreda (Victoria L. Ketz)....Pages 155-180 The Four Free Walls of Paris: Nivaria Tejera’s Exiles in Espero la Noche Para Soñarte, Revolución (María Hernández-Ojeda)....Pages 181-197 Front Matter ....Pages 199-199 How to Eat Würstel: Two Generations of Female Shoah Exiles in London (Eva Eppler)....Pages 201-221 Multiculturalism and Citizenship in the United Kingdom: The Case of Female Genital Mutilation (Anouk Guiné, Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes)....Pages 223-247 Rising above the Bottom of German Society: Reflections on Interviews with Female Roma Refugees from Former Yugoslavia (Monika Halpaap)....Pages 249-267 Back Matter ....Pages 269-284 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.--Publisher description Annotation 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