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Experiencing war as the 'enemy other' : Italian Scottish experience in World War II /

Italy's declaration of war on Britain in June 1940 had devastating consequences for Italian immigrant families living in Scotland signalling their traumatic construction as the'enemy other'. Through an analysis of personal testimonies and previously unpublished archival material, this...

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Autor principal: Ugolini, Wendy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester [England] : Manchester University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 'I didn't want to be Italian at all' : representations and realities
  • 'Long live Mussolini and Fascismo' : inter-war fascistisation
  • 'Collar the lot!' : the historigraphical legacy of internment
  • 'They're going to kill us!' : restrictions, riots and relocation
  • 'I don't want to fight against my uncles' : military service in Britain
  • 'He was shot by the Italians' : confronting military service overseas
  • 'My life wasn't very great' : women on the home front and in the services
  • 'Non vi scorderemo mai' : commemoration, memorial and the Arandora Star
  • Appendix : respondents' biographies.