A number of historical events of the twentieth century gave rise to migration, immigration, and exile to and within the European continent. This collection represents an effort to raise consciousness about the marginalization of exiled women - artists, writers, political figures, as well as members of ethnic and religious minorities.

'The essays in this volume are significant in mapping out the gendered dimension of the exilic experience. As such, they not only expand our understanding of exile as an interstitial reality, but also recuperate the inspired and inspiring lives and works of women who have been doubly marginalized, as both gendered and cultural 'other', from mainstream studies focused solely on men's experiences.' - Nancy Vosburg, Professor of Modern Languages, Stetson University

Autorentext
MAUREEN TOBIN STANLEY is Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of Minnesota Duluth, USA.

GESA ZINN is Associate Professor of German Studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction; M.T.Stanle y & G.Zinn The Grammar of Contested Memory: The Representation of Exile in Selected Female-Authored Texts of Diaspora; M.S.Vásquez PART I: THE POLITICAL AND THE PERSONAL: HISTORY, WAR, AND RESISTANCE Dolores Ibárruri, Pasionaria: Voice of the Anti-Franco Movement (1939-1975); M.A.Dellinger Female Voices of Resistance in Neus Català's De la resistencia y la deportación: The Triumph of Life, Dignity and Solidarity during the Holocaust; M.T.Stanley Off the Record: Voices of Ordinary Jewish Survivors of the Shoah; M.Gerlind PART II: LITERATURE AND THE ARTS Dancing Out of Bounds: Valeska Gert in Berlin and New York; S.J.Norton A Gypsy in Exile: 'Home' and 'Nostalgia' in Creative Works by the Austrian Roma Ceija Stojka; G.Zinn Passion and Participation: Motherhood and Exile in the Works of María Teresa León; María del Mar López-Cabrales Wife, Whore, Witch: The Portrayal of Violence in the Works of Mercè Rodoreda ; V.Ketz The Four Free Walls of Paris: NivariaTejera'sExiles in Espero la noche para soñarte, Revolución; M.Hernández Ojeda PART III: IMMIGRATION, INTEGRATION AND COMMUNITY: CULTURE AS ARTICULATED IN LANGUAGE, ON THE BODY, AND WITHIN SPACE How to Eat Würstel: Two Generations of Female Shoah Exiles in London; E.Eppler Multiculturalism and Citizenship in the UK: The Case of Female Genital Mutilation; A.Guiné & F.J.M.Fuentes Rising above the Bottom of German Society: Reflections on Interviews with Female Roma Refugees from Former Yugoslavia; M.Halpaap