Title Exile and identity : Polish women in the Soviet Union during World War II / Katherine R. Jolluck

Published Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 356 pages) Series Pitt series in Russian and East European studies Series in Russian and East European studies. University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions PPiU University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections PPiU Contents "Thus began the wandering of the Polish people": the background to exile -- "We were seized by utter despair" : from invasion to exile -- "The element that was dangerous for 'our liberators'" : the women of this study -- "After all, I am a Polish woman" : self-definition through the experience of exile -- "Women were treated the same as men" : labor in exile -- "As long as there is still a Polish woman, there will also be a Polish question" : family and nation -- "Homeless in her own body" : the body and sexuality -- "We Polish women were a model of unity before their citizens" : self-definition through the delineation of "others" -- "They abused our fatherland" : coexisting with the national minorities -- "Barely distinguishable from animals" : encountering Asia -- "You can't even call them women" : condemning the Russians Summary Katherine Jolluck tells the story of thousands of Polish women exiled to the Soviet Union in 1939-41, and examines the ways in which their efforts to maintain their identities as respectable women and patriotic Poles helped them survive Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-346) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Poland World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Soviet Union World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Polish Exiles -- Soviet Union Polish people -- Soviet Union HISTORY / General Exiles Polish people Women Deportation Nationalbewusstsein Geschlechtsidentität Polin World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Poland World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Soviet Union World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Polish Exiles -- Soviet Union Polish people -- Soviet Union Poland Soviet Union Sowjetunion Genre/Form Electronic books Personal narratives Personal narratives. Récits personnels. Form Electronic book LC no. 2002000568 ISBN 0822970678 9780822970675

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