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

by Linda A. Camino and Ruth M Krulfeld

Book 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2884491104
• ISBN13: 9782884491105
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"