Reconstructing Lives, Recapturing Meaning: Refugee Identity, Gender, and Culture Change

by Linda A. Camino, Ruth M. Krulfeld

Overview

Reconstructing Lives, Recapturing Meaning presents the first systematic investigation of refugees' loss of their old identities and their efforts to construct new ones. Edited by the Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee on Refugee Issues (CORI) of the American Anthropological Association, it critically examines the interplay between cultural, ethnic, and gender constructions among resettled refugee populations. Each chapter is grounded in anthropological theory and method, and the book's framework demonstrates the relationship between the dynamics of forced migration and the ways in which ethnic and gender identities are reinvented in new socio-cultural settings. Unanimous in their perception of boundary maintenance as central to identity formation, these essays allow readers to view refugee resettlement as a creative, experimental process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135306823
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/12/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Linda A. Camino, Ruth M. Krulfeld

Table of Contents

Preface, Introduction, I THE DYNAMICS OF CULTURE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION AMONG REFUGEES, II CHANGING CONCEPTS OF GENDER ROLES AND IDENTITIES IN REFUGEE COMMUNITIES, III METHODS IN REFUGEE RESEARCH, IV IMPLICATIONS FOR APPLICATION, Contributors

Editorial Reviews

Reconstructing Lives, Recapturing Meaning prevents, often in a lively and readable manner, new accounts of refugee groups that have been little studied, new inquiries that extend knowledge about refugee experiences, and new analyses of long-standing refugee groups. Some of the chapters can be called brilliant, outstanding, clever, and full of ideas. All are solid contributions.

Nancy Donnelly

"IReconstructing Lives, Recapturing Meaning/I prevents, often in a lively and readable manner, new accounts of refugee groups that have been little studied, new inquiries that extend knowledge about refugee experiences, and new analyses of long-standing refugee groups. Some of the chapters can be called brilliant, outstanding, clever, and full of ideas. All are solid contributions."

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