Going Places : Slovenian Women's Stories on Migration /

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Going Places is a narrative of a century of Slovenian women's immigration stories. The book traces the migration of these Central European women to several destinations including Argentina, Egypt, Italy, and the United States. The research has been carefully culled from the subjects' lette...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Milharčič-Hladnik, Mirjam, Mlekuž, Jernej
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women.
Slovenes > Foreign countries.
Emigration and immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Slovenes > Pays etrangers > Biographies.
Femmes > Slovenie > Histoire.
Slovenes > Pays etrangers > Histoire.
Slovenes > Foreign countries > Biography.
Women > Slovenia > History.
Slovenes > Foreign countries > History.
Slovenia.
Slovenia > Emigration and immigration > History.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Going Places is a narrative of a century of Slovenian women's immigration stories. The book traces the migration of these Central European women to several destinations including Argentina, Egypt, Italy, and the United States. The research has been carefully culled from the subjects' letters, personal diaries, and oral interviews. What results is a story that covers the span of three to four generations. The book highlights in biography the story of identity under construction. Each woman's identity surpasses ethnic, national identity or belonging, but at the same time, contains different elements of identity transformation at different stages of the narrator's life. As one narrator said, "While their [the women's] suitcases may be light with personal belongings, their stamina, strength and determination and emotional commitment would sink a battleship."--Publisher description
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781937378752

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