1st Edition

Emotions and Belonging in Forced Migration Syrian Refugees and Asylum Seekers

By Basem Mahmud Copyright 2022
220 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Emotions and Belonging in Forced Migration takes a sociology of emotions approach to gain a better understanding of the present situation of forced migration. Furthermore, it helps to bring the voices and views of forced migrants to academic and public debates in Western society, where they have been generally absent and often investigated with predefined concepts and categories based on... Read more

Introduction

1. The Study of Forced Migrants’ Emotions and Belonging

2. Disturbed Hope

3. Frustration and the Birth of a ‘Definitive’ Migration Plan

4. Emotions and Self-Presentation During the Journey

5. The Path to Belonging "I hope that I can start a new life ‘here’"

Final Discussion

Biography

Basem Mahmud is a researcher at the University of Granada, Spain.