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Kingdom of Barracks : Polish Displaced Persons in Allied-Occupied Germany and Austria / Katarzyna Nowak

1st ed.

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023] [© 2023]

1 Online-Ressource (343 Seiten)

Englisch

Literaturverzeichnis: 315-337 Seiten. - Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

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LOC-SH: World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Germany ; World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Austria ; Polish people -- Germany -- Social conditions -- 20th century ; Polish people -- Austria -- Social conditions -- 20th century ; Refugees -- Germany -- History -- 20th century ; Refugees -- Austria -- History -- 20th century ; Reconstruction (1939-1951) ; Germany -- History -- 1945-1955 ; Austria -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1955 ; Polish people-Austria-Social conditions ; Polish people-Germany-Social conditions ; Refugees-Austria-History ; Refugees-Germany-History ; World War, 1939-1945-Refugees-Austria ; World War, 1939-1945-Refugees-Germany ; Austria-History Allied occupation, 1945-1955 ; Germany-History 1945-1955

Kingdom of Barracks depicts the texture of everyday life in refugee camps in postwar Europe. Taking a bottom-up perspective, Katarzyna Nowak examines the experiences of Polish Displaced Persons in the shadow of the mounting Cold War and explores the formation of cultural identity in exile through the lenses of class, gender, body, and nationality.

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Cover -- KINGDOM OF BARRACKS -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 "We, the Polish Wartime Refugeedom": Poles and Polishness at the End of World War II -- 2 "Care and Control": Peace in the Ruins of the Third Reich -- 3 "The Common Fate of the Exiled": Voices of the Polish Refugeedom -- 4 In the "Kingdom of Barracks": Refugees' Counternarratives and Resistance Strategies -- 5 "Poles Are a Phoenix among the Nations": Revival of a Human, Rebirth of the Nation -- 6 "Changing Human Rags into a Rightful Man and a Citizen": The Civilizing Mission in the Archipelago of Refugee Camps -- 7 "Where Should We Go?": Propaganda, Emotions, and Debates around Repatriation -- 8 "Slave Market in the Heart of Europe": Resettlement and Remaking of the Polish Diaspora -- Conclusion -- Figures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.