Transnational Nomads : How Somalis Cope with Refugee Life in the Dadaab Camps of Kenya.

There is a tendency to consider all refugees as 'vulnerable victims': an attitude reinforced by the stream of images depicting refugees living in abject conditions. This groundbreaking study of Somalis in a Kenyan refugee camp reveals the inadequacy of such assumptions by describing the ri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Horst, Cindy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2011.
Colección:Forced migration.
Temas:
Refugees > Somalia.
Refugees > Kenya.
Refugee camps > Kenya.
Somalis > Kenya.
Réfugiés > Somalie.
Réfugiés > Kenya.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Refugee camps.
Refugees.
Somalis.
Kenya.
Somalia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Transnational Nomads; Contents; Figures; Maps; Tables; Acknowledgements; Maps; Abbreviations; 1. At a Distance? An Introduction; 2. A Nomadic Heritage: Past Ways of Coping With Insecurity Amongst the Somali; 3. Refugee Life in the Camps: Providing Security or Sustaining Dependency?; 4. Transnational Livelihoods: The Role of Taar and Xawilaad; 5. Buufis: Imagining or Realising Migration to the West; 6. Historical and Transnational Approaches to Refugee Studies; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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