Going Places: Slovenian Women's Stories on Migration

Contents

Contents Introduction Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik 1 I | Transnational Emotions: Those Who Left and Those Who Stayed 1 | A Slovenian Bride in Cleveland: Emotions in Letters Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik 21 2 | A Wife at Home: Longing and Writing Marjan Drnovšek 68 II | Silenced Stories: Emancipatory Experiences 3 | Aleksandrinke in Egypt: Between Condemnation and Adoration Daša Koprivec 105 4 | Dikle in Italian Cities: Personal Experiences, Public Interpretations Jernej Mlekuž 136 III | Active, Skilled, Ambitious 5 | Slamnikarice Abroad and at Home: Ladies and Entrepreneurs Saša Roškar 171 6 | Eurocrats in Brussels: Contemporary Career Women Tatiana Bajuk Senčar 213 Conclusion Jernej Mlekuž 235 Figure 1. Map of Slovenia through history with regions of women’s emigration. Map by Mateja Rihteršič ...