Reference Type:  Book
Author: Stojanovik-Lafazanovska, Lidija - Lafazanovski, Ermis
Year: 2008
Title: The exodus of the Macedonians from Greece : women’s stories about WW II and their exodus
City: Skopje
Publisher: Euro Balkan
Number of Pages: 220
Language: English
Keywords: Macedonians, migration, history
Abstract: (ENG) The oral history of the Exodus as narrated through their own autobiographies by the women in this book reveals another view of the world, a different picture of the power de-concentrated or decentralized by the mother figure, power that acts on itself, subjectively. It seems that despite their historical invisibility, in times of crisis, particularly in times of war, as this research proves, women carry the burden of truth, the truth that neither the victors nor the defeated write. The truth is written by those who are responsible for the continuation and the salvation of progeny, culture and future: women. However, can oral history truly correspond to the official version? Are oral documents as valid as written documents are, having in mind that they are narrated in a typically female manner in a typically male society? Can the gender (female) aspect of the Exodus actually represent a separate episteme?