1st Edition
Reconstructing Lives, Recapturing Meaning Refugee Identity, Gender, and Culture Change
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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Reconstructing Lives, Recapturing Meaning presents the first systematic investigation of refugees' loss of their old identities and their efforts to construct new ones. Edited by the Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee on Refugee Issues (CORI) of the American Anthropological Association, it critically examines the interplay between cultural, ethnic, and gender constructions among resettled... Read more
Preface, Introduction, I THE DYNAMICS OF CULTURE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION AMONG REFUGEES, II CHANGING CONCEPTS OF GENDER ROLES AND IDENTITIES IN REFUGEE COMMUNITIES, III METHODS IN REFUGEE RESEARCH, IV IMPLICATIONS FOR APPLICATION, Contributors
Biography
Linda A. Camino, Ruth M. Krulfeld
"IReconstructing Lives, Recapturing Meaning/I prevents, often in a lively and readable manner, new accounts of refugee groups that have been little studied, new inquiries that extend knowledge about refugee experiences, and new analyses of long-standing refugee groups. Some of the chapters can be called brilliant, outstanding, clever, and full of ideas. All are solid contributions."
