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Fighting for dignity : migrant lives at Israel's margins / Sarah S. Willen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Willen, Sarah S., author.
- Series:
- Series in contemporary ethnography.
- Contemporary ethnography
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transnationalism.
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Social aspects.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Ethnology--Israel.
- Ethnology.
- Tel Aviv (Israel)--Emigration and immigration.
- Tel Aviv (Israel).
- Tel Aviv (Israel)--Ethnic relations.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (302 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Fighting for Dignity explores the impact of a mass deportation campaign on African and Asian migrant workers in Tel Aviv and their Israeli-born children. In this vivid ethnography, Sarah Willen shows how undocumented migrants struggle to craft meaningful, flourishing lives despite the exclusion and vulnerability they endure.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Note on Names and Terms; Introduction; Chapter 1. Illegalized; Chapter 2. Indignities and Indignation; Interlude. Sweet Mother; Chapter 3. "Real" Others and "Other" Others; Chapter 4. After the Bombing; Chapter 5. Perhaps, to Flourish; Conclusion; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-285) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8122-9625-7
- OCLC:
- 1121143230
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