South Sudanese diaspora in Australia and New Zealand : reconciling the past with the present / edited by Jay Marlowe, Anne Harris and Tanya Lyons.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marlowe, Jay M., editor.

Harris, Daniel X., editor.

Lyons, Tanya, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South Sudanese--Australia--Social conditions.

South Sudanese.

South Sudanese--New Zealand--Social conditions.

Refugees--South Sudan.

Refugees.

Refugees--Australia.

Refugees--New Zealand.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 pages)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since 1996, approximately 30,000 South Sudanese people have immigrated to Australia and New Zealand via humanitarian pathways. This text offers insight into these associated communities' resettlement experiences and provides a broader sociological context in which the South Sudanese diaspora can be seen within global migration studies. The text's strength is its close relationship to the work of culturally and disciplinarily diverse scholars bringing contemporary research on South Sudanese re...

Contents:

South Sudanese diaspora in global contexts / Tanya Lyons

People of Sudanese heritage living in Australia: implications of demography for individual and community resilience / Julie Robinson

A statistical profile of the Sudan-born in Australia / Barbara Edgar

Being South Sudanese in the diaspora: exploring the relationship between pre-migration, identity and labeling / Melissa Phillips

Still `Working the hyphen': intercultural collaboration as creative research / Nyadol Nyuon

South Sudanese resettlement: acculturation strategies and social capital / Jay Marlowe

Falling through the cracks: Southern Sudanese refugees' experiences of housing and accommodation shortage in South Australia / Lino Lejukole

Longitudinal evidence on educational and occupational outcomes amongst South Sudanese men from refugee backgrounds living in urban and regional southeast Queensland / Gerald Onsando

At the meatworks and beyond: Southern Sudanese employment experiences in regional Australia / Martina Boese

Navigating intercultural difference: understanding the perspective of Sudanese former refugee women in Australia / Helen Bristed

What language is Nuba? Translocative identities in the Sudanese Nuba Australian diaspora / Michele Grossman

Agency and belonging: Southern Sudanese former refugees' reflections on life in Australia / Janecke Wille

Australian family law: a difficult adjustment for South Sudanese communities / Danijela Milos

Blocked opportunity and threatened identity: understanding experiences of disrespect in South Sudanese Australians / Ibolya Losoncz

Positive parenting: integrating Sudanese traditions and New Zealand styles of parenting. An evaluation of Strategies with Kids-Information for Parents (SKIP) / Fiona Pienaar

The settlers' dream: resettlement experiences of Sudanese refugees in New Zealand / Julius Marete

Sudanese diaspora: reconciling the past with the present / Jay Marlowe.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 15, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6867-1

OCLC:

892430364