Not born a refugee woman : contesting identities, rethinking practices / / edited by Maroussia Hajdukowski-Ahmed, Nazilla Khanlou, and Helene Moussa

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2008
• Edizione: 1st pbk. ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.48/96914
• Soggetto topico: Women refugees; Identity (Psychology) - Social aspects; Forced migration
• Altri autori: Hajdukowski-AhmedMaroussia KhanlouNazilla MoussaHelene <1931->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-301).
• Nota di contenuto: Title page-Not Born a Refugee Woman; Contents; Tables, maps, and illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Section I-Reconceptualizing Identities; Chapter 1-A dialogical approach to identity; Chapter 2-The gender relations of home, security, and transversal feminism; Chapter 3-Always 'Natasha'; Chapter 4-Reconstituting the subject; Section II-Challenging Methodologies Challening the Researcher; Chapter 5-Befriending refugee woman; Chapter 6-'Days you remember'; Chapter 7-War, diaspora, learning, and women's standpoint ; Chapter 8-Being a writer on women, violence and warSection III-Rethinking Practices creating spaces for agency; Chapter 9-The representation of refugee women in our research and practice; Chapter 10-Refugee youth, gender and identity; Chapter 11-Pray god and keep walking; Chapter 12-'We want to talk they give us pills'; Section IV-Reviewing Policies; Chapter 13-Protecting refugee women; Chapter 14-Social protection of refugee women; Chapter 15-The gender factor in refugee determination and the effect of 'gender guidelines'; Chapter 16-Pursuing National responsibility in a post-9/11 world ; Notes on contributorsReferences; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Identity is constructed through a relational and contextual process informed by many factors - particularly gender. According to UNHCR, uprootedness caused by various forms of forced displacement affects about 37 to 40 million women and children in the world, posing major challenges to their identity and agency. Even though institutions and organizations have increasingly sought their participation, refugee women still find themselves in situations "where policies are generated, and programs delivered with little or no input from them" (Indra, 1989). This volume explores identity in all its co
• Titolo autorizzato: Not born a refugee woman
• ISBN: 1-282-62677-9; 9786612626777; 0-85745-026-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248320003316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Studies in forced migration ; ; v. 24.