1st Edition
Hard Labour: The Forgotten Voices of Latvian Migrant 'Volunteer' Workers
By Linda McDowell
Copyright 2005
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
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Although the Second World War ended sixty years ago, there are still untold stories waiting to be heard: stories not only of diplomats and soldiers but also of refugees, camp inmates and ordinary people living in occupied territories, stories of women's and children's lives as well as those of men.
In Hard Labour the forgotten voices of a group of young women who left Latvia in 1944 are... Read more
Preface, List of Illustrations, 1 Introduction: Looking Back to the 1940s and 1950s, 2 Thinking Through Gender: Theorising Migration, Memory and Identity, 3 Disciplining Bodies: Exile and Involuntary Labour, 4 Life in the Camps: From Foreign Workers to Displaced Persons, 5 Becoming EVWs: From Displaced Persons to Economic Migrants, 6 Survival Strategies: Women’s Dual Roles in Post-War Britain, 7 Place, Locality and Gendered Local Cultures, 8 Yearning for ‘Home’: Narratives of Belonging and Imagined Community, 9 Conclusions: Memory, Identity and Translation, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Linda McDowell
'[McDowell] handles her sometimes dramatic, sometimes discomforting, and always interesting material with skill and subtlety. The result is a terrific book. While very difficult to put down, it is no easy read. I confess in places I was moved to tears.' – Feminist Economics
