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Abstract

This short memoir explores how growing up between cultures can produce a dual perspective on one’s individual history, concepts of home and belonging. The author meditates on how her English parents’ distancing of their past from ‘the other place’ made their children curious about the ‘home’ country and their relationship to it through the development of narratives. The essay also touches upon the perception of British immigrants to Canada as white settlers in the mid-twentieth century.

Publication Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in 'History Workshop Journal' following peer review. The version of record Wheelwright, J. (2017) The Other Place. History Workshop Journal. 84 pp. 257–263, is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/hwj/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/hwj/dbx039/4084269/The-Other-Place doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbx039.
Publisher Keywords:	Historical Studies
Departments:	School of Communication & Creativity > Media, Culture & Creative Industries > English, Publishing & Creative Writing
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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