Deterritorialized Youth

Sahrawi and Afghan Refugees at the Margins of the Middle East
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-85745-806-3
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 29, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 416 g

Reihe: Forced Migration

The Sahrawi and Afghan refugee youth in the Middle East have been stereotyped regionally and internationally: some have been objectified as passive victims; others have become the beneficiaries of numerous humanitarian aid packages which presume the primacy of the Western model of child development. This book compares and contrasts both the stereotypes and Western-based models of humanitarian assistance among Sahrawi youth with the lack of programming and near total self-sufficiency of Afghan refugee youth in Iran. Both extremes offer an important opportunity to further explore the impact which forced migration and prolonged conflict have had, and continue to have, on the lives of these refugee youth and their families. This study examines refugee communities closely linked with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and a host of other UN agencies in the case of the Sahrawi and near total lack of humanitarian aid in the case of Afghan refugees in Iran.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chatty, Dawn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Exilforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Forward by Gillian Hundt

Glossary and Acronyms

Chapter 1. Introduction: Deterritorialised Youth: Sahrawi and Afghan Refugees at the Margins of the Middle East

Dawn Chatty

Sahrawi Section:

Chapter 2. Identity With/out Territory: Sahrawi Refugee Youth in Transnational Space

Dawn Chatty, Elena Fiddian, and Gina Crivello

Chapter 3. The Ties that Bind: Sahrawi Children and the Mediation of Aid in Exile

Gina Crivello and Elena Fiddian

Chapter 4. Food & Identity among Sahrawi Refugee Children and Young People

Nicola Cozza

Afghan Section:

Chapter 5. Refusing the Margins: Afghan Refugee Youth in Iran

Homa Hoodfar

Chapter 6. Afghan Refugee Youth in Iran and the Morality of Repatriation

Sarah Kamal

Chapter 7. Food &Identity Among Young Afghan Refugees and Migrants in Iran

Alessandro Monsutti

Notes on Contributors

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Chatty, Dawn
Dawn Chatty is a Professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration and Director of the Refugee Studies Centre at Oxford University. Her publications include Conservation and Mobile Peoples: Displacement, Forced Settlement and Sustainable Development (co-ed. Berghahn Books, 2002); Children of Palestine: Experiencing Forced Migration in the Middle East (co-ed. Berghahn Books, 2005); Nomadic Societies in the Middle East and North Africa: Facing the 21st Century (Brill, 2006); and Displacement and Dispossession in the Modern Middle East (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Dawn Chatty is a Professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration and Director of the Refugee Studies Centre at Oxford University. Her publications include Conservation and Mobile Peoples: Displacement, Forced Settlement and Sustainable Development (co-ed. Berghahn Books, 2002); Children of Palestine: Experiencing Forced Migration in the Middle East (co-ed. Berghahn Books, 2005); Nomadic Societies in the Middle East and North Africa: Facing the 21st Century (Brill, 2006); and Displacement and Dispossession in the Modern Middle East (Cambridge University Press, 2010).