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Author Klassen, Pamela E. (Pamela Edith), 1967-

Title Going by the moon and the stars : stories of two Russian Mennonite women / Pamela E. Klassen
Published Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©1994

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 151 pages)
Contents Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Agatha and Katja Tell their Lives; 2 Stories of Marriage and Motherhood; 3 Stories of War; 4 Being Mennonite; 5 Theoretical and Methodological Reflections; Sources Consulted; Index
Summary Tells the stories of two Russian Mennonite women who emigrated to Canada after fleeing from the Soviet Union during World War II. Based on ethnographic interviews with the author the women recount, in their own words, their memories of their wartime struggle and flight, their resettlement in Canada and their journey into old age. Above all, they tell of the overwhelming importance of religion in their lives. Through these remarkable stories Pamela Klassen challenges conventional understandings of religion. The women's voices, intimate and powerful, testify to the importance of religion in the construction of personal history, as well as to its oppressive and liberating potential. Going by the Moon and the Stars will be of great value to all those interested in the Mennonites and Mennonite history, religion, women's studies, ethnic studies and life history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Janzen, Agatha
Enns, Katja, 1925-
SUBJECT Enns, Katja, 1925- fast
Janzen, Agatha fast
Enns, Katja. swd
Janzen, Agatha. swd
Subject Mennonite women -- Ukraine -- Molochansʹk -- Biography
Mennonites -- Ukraine -- Molochansʹk -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Mennonites
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Ukrainian
Mennonites -- Ontario -- Kitchener -- Biography
Ukrainians -- Ontario -- Kitchener -- Biography
Women immigrants -- Ontario -- Kitchener -- Biography
Women -- Ukraine -- Molochansʹk -- Biography
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
Mennonite women
Mennonites
Ukrainians
Women
Women immigrants
Mennonitin
Ukrainerin
Auswanderung
Weltkrieg 1939-1945
Ontario -- Kitchener
Ukraine -- Molochansʹk
Kitchener
Molotschna
Genre/Form Electronic books
Personal narratives
Biographies
Personal narratives
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 94931281
ISBN 9780889207448
0889207445
9786610924950
6610924953