Care in a Time of Humanitarianism : Stories of Refuge, Aid, and Repair in the Global South.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Osanloo, Arzoo, 1968-

Contributor:

Robinson, Cabeiri deBergh.

the Mellon Foundation (via the Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington, Funder.

Series:

Humanitarianism and security

Humanitarianism and Security Series ; v.5

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2024.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Arzoo Osanloo is Professor in the Department of Law, Societies, and Justice at the University of Washington. She is the author of the award-winning book Forgiveness Work: Mercy, Law, and Victims' Rights in Iran (Princeton University Press, 2020), and The Politics of Women's Rights in Iran (Princeton University Press, 2009). Cabeiri deBergh Robinson is Associate Professor of International Studies and Anthropology at the University of Washington. She co-edited The Palgrave Handbook of New Directions in Kashmir Studies (Palgrave, 2023), and is the author of Bernard Cohn Book Prize winner Body of Witness, Body of Warrior: Refugee Families and the Making of Kashmiri Jihadists (University of California Press, 2013). Arzoo Osanloo is Professor in the Department of Law, Societies, and Justice at the University of Washington. She is the author of the award-winning book Forgiveness Work: Mercy, Law, and Victims' Rights in Iran (Princeton University Press, 2020), and The Politics of Women's Rights in Iran (Princeton University Press, 2009).

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Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction. Care in a Time of Humanitarianism: Stories of Refuge, Aid, and Repair in the Global South

Part I. Refuge, Law, and Empire in the Global South

Chapter 1. Patriation: Conceptualizing Migration after Empire

Chapter 2. Quezon's Hospitality: Transitional Asylum and Humanitarian Intimacies during Philippine Decolonization, 1935-1941

Chapter 3. Burma Evacuees: R. Sanyassiah, Postwar Return, and Displacement in Modern South Asia

Chapter 4. Khao-I-Dang Refugee Camp: Local Hosts and Hauntings of the Third Indochina War in a Transit Zone

Chapter 5. A "Lucky Escape": Ethnic Cleansing and What Happens When International Humanitarianism Fails

Chapter 6. Benevolent Arts: The Persistence of Mercy in Humanitarian Logics

Part II. Aid, Intimacy, and Humanitarian Praxis

Chapter 7. Humanitarian Departures: Reflections of a Refugee Aid Worker

Chapter 8. Quiet Aid: Barbara Schöfnagel's Private Humanitarianism in the Socialist Gray Area (and What Else the Global East Can Teach Us)

Chapter 9. Yūsuf's Struggle: Negotiating Development and Charity in a Palestinian Refugee Camp

Chapter 10. "They Are Muhajir, We Are Ansar": Godforsakenness at the Myanmar-Bangladesh Border

Chapter 11. "We're All Humanitarians": International Humanitarian Organizations, Islamist Service Societies, and the Practice of "Humanitariyan Jihad" in Kashmir

Part III. Repair in a World of Care

Chapter 12. Red Coat, Denim Shirt: Conceptualizing Displacement across Generations

Chapter 13. The Barrette: Unlikely Humanitarian Images and Practices of Repair

Chapter 14. Memoir and a Sinking Ship: Reconstituting Humanity through Refugee Narratives

Chapter 15. The Gift of Food: An Islamic Ethics of Care

Chapter 16. Mothering the Dead: Care beyond Life in Kurdistan

Chapter 17. Unintended Consequences: Debating the Protection of Cultural Heritage during Humanitarian Crises

Conclusion. Closing Conversation: Lessons in Humanitarianisms from the Global South

Appendix. Pedagogical Supplement: Thematic Pairings of Chapters for Teaching Modules

Index

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ISBN:

1-80539-492-4