Deliciously detailed narratives: the use of food in stories of British war brides' experiences

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dc.contributor.authorHorosko, Kendra
dc.contributor.supervisorMarks, Lynne Sorrel
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-08T16:08:39Z
dc.date.available2010-09-08T16:08:39Z
dc.date.copyright2010en
dc.date.issued2010-09-08T16:08:39Z
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Historyen
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractDuring the Second World War, tens of thousands of Canadian soldiers stationed in Britain met and married British women. The majority of these British war brides and their husbands settled in Canada, where these women had to quickly adjust to Canadian customs. Based on interviews with fifteen British war brides currently living in the Victoria area, this thesis analyzes the way in which these women recount stories of their lives and experiences as war brides through recollections of food-centred narratives. Their recollections of the pre-war years, the war years and the post-war years often revolved around memories of food. This thesis will show how war brides make use of such food-centred narratives as a comfortable medium through which to express their emotions regarding the past and to relate their stories, be they joyful, traumatic, nostalgic, somber or elegiac.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/3038
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjectFooden
dc.subjectWar Bridesen
dc.subjectWorld War IIen
dc.subjectBritainen
dc.subjectOral Historyen
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::History::Canada--Historyen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Social Sciences::Women's studiesen
dc.titleDeliciously detailed narratives: the use of food in stories of British war brides' experiencesen
dc.typeThesisen

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