Exile and Everyday Life

By AndreaHammel

Exile and Everyday Life focusses on the everyday life experience of refugees fleeing National Socialism in the 1930s and 1940s as well as the representation of this experience in literature and culture. The contributions in this volume show experiences of loss, strategies of adaptation and the creation of a new identity and life. It covers topics such as Exile in Shanghai, Ireland, the US and the UK, food in exile, the writers Gina Kaus, Vicki Baum and Jean Am ry, refugees in the medical profession and the creative arts, and the Kindertransport to the UK.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004297863
• ISBN13: 9789004297869
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"