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Contested Solidarity : Practices of Refugee Support between Humanitarian Help and Political Activism /

In the summer of 2015, an extraordinary number of German residents felt an urge to provide help to refugees. Doing good, however, is not as simple and straightforward as it might appear. Practices of solidarity are intertwined with questions of power. They are situated, relative and contested, unfol...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fleischmann, Larissa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript-Verlag, [2020]
Colección:Kultur und soziale Praxis
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In the summer of 2015, an extraordinary number of German residents felt an urge to provide help to refugees. Doing good, however, is not as simple and straightforward as it might appear. Practices of solidarity are intertwined with questions of power. They are situated, relative and contested, unfolding in an ambivalent space between humanitarianism and political activism. This ethnographic account of the German "welcome culture" provides insights into the contested practices, imaginaries, interests and politics of refugee solidarity. Drawing on works from critical migration studies to social anthropology, Larissa Fleischmann develops an empirically grounded understanding of solidarity in migration societies.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (274 pages)
ISBN:3839454379
9783839454374
Acceso:Open Access