Western Sahara : the refugee nation / Pablo San Martín.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

San Martín, Pablo.

Series:

Iberian and Latin American studies.

Iberian and Latin American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Western Sahara.

Refugees.

Western Sahara.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the dynamic process of construction of the new Saharawi identity, culture and society developed in the refugee camps over the three last decades of conflict and analyses the complex articulation of elements from the Hispanic, Arab and African worlds that shapes the contours of the Saharawi Refugee Nation.

Contents:

Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Introduction: 'If you ever arrive at a wide white land ...'; From Cuba to Villa Cisneros: The Construction of a Spanish Neocolonial Space in the Sahara; From the Spanish 'Peace' to Armed Struggle:The Emergence of Saharawi Nationalism; From Refugees to Citizens: Exile and Nation-building in the Saharawi Refugee Camps; From Soldiers to Shopkeepers: Nationalism,Development and Social Change in the Saharawi Refugee Camps; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-299-20073-7

0-7083-2381-2

OCLC:

758391503