Refugees, refuge, and human displacement / edited by Ignacio López-Calvo and Marjorie Agosin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

López-Calvo, Ignacio, editor.

Agosín, Marjorie, editor.

Series:

Anthem Studies in Latin American Literature and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees.

Refuge (Humanitarian assistance).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 251 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press, 2023.

Summary:

This volume studies the concept of refuge as well as historical forced displacement and statelessness, trying to provide potential lasting solutions to the many problems associated with this situation. It moves from the pressing crisis of refugees to the crisis of humanity that seeks to find refuge.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

PART ONE HUMANITY AND HUMAN DISPLACEMENTS

Chapter One Human Rights across Borders: Oikeiôsis and the Ethics of Sanctuary

Chapter Two Violence, Internal Displacement and Refuge: The Case of Mexico

PART TWO SEEKING REFUGE

Chapter Three Re-storying the Venice Ghetto: The Refugee in Times of Global Crisis

Chapter Four Jewish families from Vienna in the Southern Caribbean during the Shoah

Chapter Five When a Loaf of Bread Was Not Enough-Unsilencing the Past in Gaza

Chapter Six Refugee racial form, Vietnam War legacies and late liberal affects

PART THREE ACTS OF CREATING REFUGE

Chapter Seven Writing as Shelter: Refuge and Poetic Space in Hispanic Women's Writings

Chapter Eight Finding Refuge in Your Own Castle: Teresa de Ávila's Las Moradas

Chapter Nine Singing as a Refuge in Times of Trauma

Part Four Approaches to Constructing Refuge

Chapter Ten The Shamanistic Enclave: Building a Refuge for Healthcare Practitioners

Chapter Eleven Migration, Stigma and Health: An Overview and Considerations for the Twenty-First Century

Chapter Twelve Refuge and Environmental Responsibility

Chapter Thirteen The University as place of refuge

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 4, 2023).

ISBN:

1-83998-249-7

1-83998-250-0

OCLC:

1349280125