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Description
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.”
ISBN
978-1-937378-71-4
Publication Date
Spring 3-28-2014
Publisher
University of Akron Press
City
Akron, OH
Keywords
Immigration, Ethnic culture, Women
Disciplines
Place and Environment | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Hkadnik, Mirjam Milharcic and Mlekuž, Jernej, "Going Places: Slovenian Women's Stories on Migration" (2014). University of Akron Press Publications. 10.
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