The making of a refugee : children adopting refugee identity in Cyprus / / Tasoulla Hadjiyanni

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822338903321
• Autore: Hadjiyanni Tasoulla <1964->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• ISBN: 979-84-00-68158-5; 1-280-37370-9; 9786610373703; 0-313-01081-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.87/083/095693
• Soggetti: Refugee children - Cyprus; Cyprus History Cyprus Crisis, 1974-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-235) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- THE MAKING OF A REFUGEE -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- REFUGEE CONSCIOUSNESS DEMOTED -- THE IDENTITY PARADIGM -- THE CASE STUDY-THE CHILDREN OF GREEK-CYPRIOT REFUGEES -- METHODOLOGY -- PURPOSE AND OVERVIEW -- CHAPTER SYNOPSIS -- NOTES -- 2 A Shared Identity Grounded in the Experience of Force -- ELIGIBILITY FOR THE REFUGEE TITLE -- ADOPTING THE REFUGEE TITLE -- Identification -- Differentiation -- Compassion -- DISCUSSION -- Focus on the Experience of Force -- Community Building -- SUMMARY -- NOTES -- 3 An Identity Grounded in the Past -- DISAVOWAL -- Birthplace -- Social Network -- Lack of Experience -- Lack of Need -- Other Problems -- CONFUSION -- IDENTITY -- Desire to Visit -- Longing for a United Country -- Symbol -- DISCUSSION -- Past versus Present -- The Notion of Desire to Visit -- SUMMARY -- NOTES -- 4 A Transferred and Purposeful Identity -- TRANSFERRING REFUGEE CONSCIOUSNESS -- The Family Level -- Parents -- Extended Family -- Objects -- The Local Level -- Other Refugees -- Books -- Other Activities -- The National Level -- Teachers -- The Media -- Songs -- ; A PURPOSEFUL IDENTITY-THE PARENTS' VIEWPOINT -- Know -- Remember -- Return -- DISCUSSION -- En-gendering Refugee Consciousness -- SUMMARY -- NOTES -- 5 A Nurtured Identity Grounded in Loss -- EXTERNAL EXPRESSIONS -- Action -- INTERNAL EXPRESSIONS -- Image Adaptation -- Static Images -- Postwar Images -- Loss Adoption -- Loss of Origin and Roots -- Loss of Identity -- Loss of Social Network -- Loss of Permanence -- Loss of Status/Property -- Loss of Homeownership -- Loss of a House -- Loss of Way of Life -- Loss of a Loved One -- Loss of Being Carefree -- Loss of Choice -- DISCUSSION -- The Role of the Child in Identity Formation -- A Purposeful Identity-The Children's Viewpoint -- SUMMARY -- NOTES.; 6 A Dynamic Identity -- THE PROCESS OF REFUGEE CONSCIOUSNESS CONSTRUCTION -- Parental Attachment -- Projection -- Memory Transfer -- Narrative -- "Performative Memory" -- Adoption of Refugee Identity -- DISCUSSION -- The Model of Refugee Consciousness -- SUMMARY -- NOTES -- 7 An Identity of the Future -- HOUSING ADJUSTMENTS AND CONSTRAINTS -- Adjustment Revisited -- Housing Adjustments -- Adjustment Constraints -- Financial Constraints -- Design Constraints -- Cultural Constraints -- Refugee Status -- Frustration -- CHILDREN'S HOUSING ASPIRATIONS -- Amenities -- Yard -- Size of House -- Number of Bedrooms -- Structure Type -- DISCUSSION -- Sharing Universal Aspirations -- The Power of Homeplace in Positioning Identity -- Housing Implications -- SUMMARY -- NOTES -- 8 A Mending Conclusion -- IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS -- THE GENERALIZABILITY OF THE STUDY -- UNDERSTANDING REFUGEE CONSCIOUSNESS CONSTRUCTION -- SOME THOUGHTS ON CYPRUS -- NOTES -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.