Living displacement : the loss and making of place in Colombia / Mateja Celestina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Celestina, Mateja, author.

Series:

New ethnographies.

New ethnographies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Colombia--Social conditions.

Refugees.

Refugees--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 177 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)., digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Focusing on two cases of resettlement in rural Cundinamarca, Colombia, this book examines how displaced campesinos make sense of their displacement and how displacement shapes their everyday lives.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Figures

Preface and acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Glossary

Series editor's foreword

Introduction: reconceptualising displacement

Traversing the landscapes of (dis)trust

Displacement as an unwinding process

The road to Porvenir and Esperanza: the struggle for land

The making of a desplazado

Desplazado: to be or not to be

Displacement hierarchies: IDP community under question

Desplazados and their 'hosts': the quest for relational belonging

Taming the land

The remains of the place and times left behind

Conclusion: end of displacement?

References

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and information supplied online (viewed on January 8, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526127655

1526127652

9781526108746

1526108747

OCLC:

1046634110