Refugee research and debate have focused on international agreements,
border controls and the legal status of asylum seekers. The lived,
daily life of refugees in different phases of their flight has thus
been unduly neglected. How have refugees experienced policies of
reception and resettlement, and how have they individually and
collectively built up their own cultures of exile?
To answer these questions the author of this study has undertaken
long-term fieldwork as a community worker in a Norwegian municipality.
Refugees from Chile, Iran, Somalia, Bosnia and Vietnam were on
occasions subjected to exclusionary and discriminatory practices.
Nevertheless, restistance was seen in the form of a Somali women’s
sewing circle, the organisation of a multi-cultural youth club,
running refugee associations and printing their own language
newspapers.
Moreover, in activities such as these, refugees addressed and came to
terms with a limited number of shared existential concerns: morality,
violence, sexuality, family reunion, belonging and not belonging to a
second generation. Drawing upon these experiences a general theory of
_refugeeness_ is proposed. It states that the cultures refugees create
in exile are the necessary prerequisite for self-recognition and
survival.
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ISBN
9783035104134
Publisert
2018
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1. utgave
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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