1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450290703321

Autore

Miller-Day Michelle A

Titolo

Communication among grandmothers, mothers, and adult daughters [[electronic resource] ] : a qualitative study of maternal relationships / / Michelle A. Miller-Day

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004

ISBN

1-135-64332-6

1-282-32266-4

9786612322662

1-4106-1212-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

LEA's series on personal relationships

Disciplina

306.874

Soggetti

Parent and adult child

Mothers and daughters

Intergenerational relations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-246) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; I: Setting the Scene; II: The Action; III: The Denouement; Epilogue; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume examines communication processes within the grandmother-mother-daughter relationship, emphasizing an intergenerational perspective. Using observations of and extensive interviews with six sets of middle-income, Caucasian female family members, this book offers a heuristic account of intergenerational mother-daughter relational communication.Author Michelle Miller-Day integrates and juxtaposes alternative experiences of social interaction, situating readers in the world of grandmothers, mothers, adult daughters, and granddaughters as they experience, describe, and analyze th



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788354803321

Autore

Gillick Muriel R. <1951->

Titolo

Once they had a country [[electronic resource] ] : two teenage refugees in the Second World War / / Muriel R. Gillick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8173-8399-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Disciplina

940.53/180922

B

Soggetti

Jewish children - Germany

Jewish refugees - Germany

World War, 1939-1945 - Jews

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Becoming refugees -- The alarm sounds -- From burger to beggar -- Refugees in the free zone -- Lord of the flies in reverse -- "The lifeboat is full" -- What they were running from -- Transmigrants -- Refuge in Shanghai -- Post-traumatic stress -- Brazilian detour -- "Give me your tired, your poor".

Sommario/riassunto

Muriel Gillick draws from a remarkable set of primary source materials, including letters, telegrams, and police records to relate the story of two teenage refugees during World War II. Once They Had a Country conveys well what it was like to establish a new life in a foreign country-over and over again and in constant fear for one's life. The work tells of the extraordinary experiences of the author's parents in Europe and demonstrates how citizens and the governments of Belgium, France, Switzerland, Brazil, America, China, and postwar Germany treated refugees. This sto