1st Edition
Palestinians In Kuwait The Family And The Politics Of Survival
By Shafeeq N Ghabra
Copyright 1988
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
195 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1987. This study is an investigation of the strategies of survival and adaptation employed by a displaced population; the Palestinians in Kuwait. Dispersal, up-rootedness, and the destruction of many Palestinian villages and neighbourhoods in 1948 shattered the old networks and bonds of solidarity that revolved around the
Introduction -- Statelessness in Context -- Palestinians Become Refugees -- The Displaced Intelligentsia -- The Place of the Peasantry -- The Family as a Cross-National Entity -- Family Networks: Social Dynamics and Survival -- The Social Foundations of Village and Town Survival in Kuwait -- Village and Town Funds and Associations -- New Crisis in the Diaspora -- Conclusion
Biography
Ghabra, Shafeeq N
