Reconstructing lives, recapturing meaning : refugee identity, gender, and culture change / co-edited by Linda A. Camino and Ruth M. Krulfeld.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Camino, Linda A.

Krulfeld, Ruth M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Social conditions.

Refugees.

Ethnicity.

Sex role.

Gender identity.

Physical Description:

xviii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Australia ; United States : Gordon and Breach, [1994]

Summary:

"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 refugee populations. Each chapter is grounded in anthropological theory and method, and the book's framework demonstrates the relationship between the dynamics of forced migration and the ways in which ethnic and gender identities are reinvented in new socio-cultural settings. Unanimous in their perception of boundary maintenance as central to identity formation, these essays allow readers to view refugee resettlement as a creative, experimental process.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

2884491104

2884491090

OCLC:

31807134