The Ideal Refugees : Gender, Islam, and the Sahrawi Politics of Survival /

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Refugee camps are typically perceived as militarized and patriarchal spaces, and yet the Sahrawi refugee camps and their inhabitants have consistently been represented as ideal in nature: uniquely secular and democratic spaces, and characterized by gender equality. Drawing on extensive research with...

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Main Author: Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Elena, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women refugees.
Women > Political activity.
Sahrawi (African people)
Refugee camps.
Politics and government
Islam and politics.
Internally displaced persons.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > World > Middle Eastern.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Camps de refugies > Sahara occidental.
Femmes > Activite politique > Sahara occidental.
Refugiees > Sahara occidental.
Personnes deplacees dans leur pays > Sahara occidental.
Sahraouis.
Refugee camps > Western Sahara.
Islam and politics > Western Sahara.
Women > Political activity > Western Sahara.
Women refugees > Western Sahara.
Internally displaced persons > Western Sahara.
Western Sahara.
Sahara occidental > Politique et gouvernement > 1975-
Western Sahara > Politics and government > 1975-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the "ideal" refugees
  • Engendering the colonial encounter
  • The Sahrawi refugee camps : international and solidarity networks
  • Emerging discourse : concealing Islam
  • Secular sisters, Muslim others, and the politics of survival
  • Discursive silences, "ideal women", and directing aid
  • Conclusion.

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