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The Elephant Has Two Sets of Teeth : Bhutanese Refugees and Humanitarian Governance / Alice Neikirk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neikirk, Alice, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Refugees--Australia.
- Refugees.
- Humanitarian assistance, Australian.
- Refugees--Bhutan.
- Refugees--Nepal.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- This ethnography shows how the language of compassion is used to oppress Bhutanese refugees.
- Contents:
- Front cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 On the Fringe of Empires
- 3 Learning to Be Humanitarian Subjects
- 4 Behind the Performance
- 5 On the Threshold of Australia
- 6 Domestic Humanitarianism
- 7 Sanitizing Otherness, Becoming Australian
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Neikirk, Alice The Elephant Has Two Sets of Teeth
- ISBN:
- 9781772127317
- 1772127310
- OCLC:
- 1412619913
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