The Ambiguities of aid and Agency: Representing Refugee Children in England, 1937-8

This article explores media representations of refugee children in 1930s Britain, and assesses their significance on the reception and settlement of children. Emphasizing the innocence, vulnerability and close national associations between the Basques and the British, it is argued that these media r...

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Published in:Cultural and social history 2009-03, Vol.6 (1), p.29-46
Main Author: Myers, Kevin
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Children and war
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Refugee children
Social aspects
Spanish Civil War
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