Resisting the Dehumanization of Refugees / edited by Yasmeen Abu-Laban [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abu-Laban, Yasmeen, 1966- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Social conditions.

Refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (420 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Athabasca, AB : AU Press, Athabasca University, [2024]

Summary:

Reckoning with the experiences of refugees can inform epistemological and practical approaches to humanizing migrant populations before, during, and after their resettlement. Contributors explore what it means to experience dehumanization, offering urgent insights and policy-relevant perspectives to improve refugees' social well-being and integration.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Theoretical Perspectives on Dehumanization and Resisting It

Part I The Role of Immigration Policies and the Media in the Dehumanization of Refugees

2. Dehumanizing or Humanizing Refugees?: A Comparative Assessment of Canada, the United States, and Australia

3. Migrant and Refugee Precarity as a Double Movement: A Case Study of Dehumanization and Humanization in the Canada-US Borderlands

4. Resisting Dehumanization Through Resettlement Based on Full Refugee Experiences

5. Conflating Migration, Terrorism, and Islam: Mediations of Syrian Refugees in Canadian Print Media Following the 2015 Paris Attacks

Part II The Role of Educational Institutions and Programs in the (De)humanization of Refugees

6. A New School and New Life: Understanding the Experiences of Yazidi Families with Children

7. "Where Are You From?": A Personal Perspective on the Struggles of Youth Living Between Two Cultures

8. Precarious Inclusion: Refugees in Higher Education in Germany

9. (Not) Meeting the Needs of Refugee Students: Toward a Framework for the Humanization of Education

Part III Countering Dehumanization: State Apologies and New Approaches

10. When the State Says "Sorry": Jewish Refugees to Canada and the Politics of Apology

11. State Apologies and the Rehumanization of Refugee, Indigenous, and Ethnic Minority Groups

12. Home, Hope, and a Human Approach to Displacement

Part IV Enacting (Re)humanization: Refugee Agency and the Arts

13. A Life of Many Homes: Reflections of a Writer in Exile

14. Locating Kurdish Cultural Identity in Canada

15. How Can Music Ameliorate Displacement, Disconnection, and Dehumanization?

16. Music, Weapon of Change, Weapon of Peace: Thomas Mapfumo, Chimurenga, and the Power of Music in Exile.

17. Music Enacting (Re)humanization: Concert Introduction, Program, and Link

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Abu-Laban, Yasmeen Resisting the Dehumanization of Refugees

ISBN:

9781771994118

OCLC:

1436830106