Iranian Refugees in Transit : Exile and the Politics of Survival in Turkey after the 1979 Revolution / Maral Jefroudi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jefroudi, Maral, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iranians.

Refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Maral Jefroudi presents a comprehensive picture of one of the largest migration waves in contemporary history by analyzing refugees' interactions with the Turkish State, the UNHCR, and within the community of Iranians in transit after the 1979 revolution. Iranian Refugees in Transit unveils the rich history of political engagement among Iranian refugees before their arrival in Turkey, contextualised within Turkey's own landscape of political and ethnic conflicts. Jefroudi expertly examines the intersectional distribution of precarity among refugees. By bringing together interviews with refugees from the period, analyzing cultural products by and on them, and tracing their footsteps in newspapers and scholarly literature, this book fills a significant gap in Turkey's migration history. Through a critical historical analysis of the international asylum system, Iranian Refugees in Transit offers valuable insights into the dynamics of the current 'refugee crisis'.

Contents:

Acknowledgements Introduction: Our Shared Pain Chapter One: Flexible or Precarious? "One and a half million Iranians" in Turkey Chapter Two: When Does Exile Begin? Chapter Three: Their categories and ours: Politics of Differentiation Chapter Four: Not one of Those Women: Negotiating Womanhood in Transit Chapter Five: The Collective Memory of Being in Transit in Turkey Conclusion Epilogue: Turkey as a Transit Hub Today Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780755648122

0755648129

9780755648115

0755648110

9780755648108

0755648102

OCLC:

1443933464