Jochen Lingelbach

On the Edges of Whiteness (eBook, ePUB)

Polish Refugees in British Colonial Africa during and after the Second World War

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From 1942 to 1950, nearly twenty thousand Poles found refuge from the horrors of war-torn Europe in camps within Britain's African colonies, including Uganda, Tanganyika, Kenya and Northern and Southern Rhodesia. On the Edges of Whiteness tells their improbable story, tracing the manifold, complex relationships that developed among refugees, their British administrators, and their African neighbors. While intervening in key historical debates across academic disciplines, this book also gives an accessible and memorable account of survival and dramatic cultural dislocation against the backdrop of global conflict.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781789204476
• Artikelnr.: 58761043

Autorenporträt

Jochen Lingelbach is a postdoctoral research fellow in African History at the University of Bayreuth. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Leipzig and currently works on the project "Africa in the Global History of Refugee Camps" within the University of Bayreuth's "Africa Multiple" Cluster of Excellence.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. How the Poles Came to Africa
Chapter 2. The Postwar Refugee Regime and the Imperial Order of Things
Chapter 3. Comparing Colonialisms in Africa and Poland
Chapter 4. 'An Incredible Pool of Femininity': Gendering the Refugees
Chapter 5. Polish Refugees as Part of Colonial Society
Conclusion: On the Edges of Whiteness
Bibliography
Index