Historical Archaeologies of Cognition - Explorations into Faith, Hope and Charity - James Symonds
9. Resistance, the Body and the V-sign Campaign in Channel Islander World War II German Internment Camps
Historical Archaeologies of Cognition - Explorations into Faith, Hope and Charity - James Symonds
Gillian Carr
University of Cambridge
Description
This chapter explores how the campaign of resistance carried out by Channel Islanders in their German internment camps,was made manifest in the internment camps using the medium of the body as the prime locus of (safe) expression, supplemented by symbolic statements constructed from the recycled contents of Red Cross parcels.