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Not Born a Refugee Woman

Contesting Identities, Rethinking Practices
Forced Migration, Band 24 1. Aufl.

von: Maroussia Hajdukowski-Ahmed, Nazilla Khanlou, Helene Moussa
38,99 €
Verlag:	Berghahn Books
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	01.06.2008
ISBN/EAN:	9780857450265
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	336

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Titelbeschreibung

Not Born a Refugee Woman is an in-depth inquiry into the identity construction of refugee women. It challenges and rethinks current identity concepts, policies, and practices in the context of a globalizing environment, and in the increasingly racialized post-September 11th context, from the perspective of refugee women. This collection brings together scholar_practitioners from across a wide range of disciplines. The authors emphasize refugee women’s agency, resilience, and creativity, in the continuum of domestic, civil, and transnational violence and conflicts, whether in flight or in resettlement, during their uprooted journey and beyond. Through the analysis of local examples and international case studies, the authors critically examine gendered and interrelated factors such as location, humanitarian aid, race, cultural norms, and current psycho-social research that affect the identity and well being of refugee women. This volume is destined to a wide audience of scholars, students, policy makers, advocates, and service providers interested in new developments and critical practices in domains related to gender and forced migrations.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
 Introduction Maroussia Hajdukowski-Ahmed, Nazilla Khanlou and Helene Moussa
 SECTION I: RECONCEPTUALIZING IDENTITIES
 Chapter 1. A Dialogical Approach to Identity: Implications for Refugee Women Maroussia Hajdukowski-Ahmed
 Chapter 2. The Gender Relations of Home, Security and Transversal Feminism: Refugee Women Reclaiming their Identities Wenona Giles
 Chapter 3. Always "Natasha": The Transnational Sex Trafficking of Women Victor Malarek and Sarah Wayland
 Chapter 4. Reconstituting the Subject: Feminist Politics of Humanitarian Assistance Jennyfer Hyndman and Malathi De Alwis
 SECTION II: CHALLENGING METHODOLOGIES: CHALLENGING THE RESEARCHER
 Chapter 5. Befriending Refugee Women: Refracted Knowledge and Shifting Viewpoints Adrienne Chambon
 Chapter 6. "Days You Remember": Japanese Canadian Women and The Violence of Internment Pamela Sugiman
 Chapter 7. War, Diaspora, Learning, and Women’s Standpoint Rachel Gorman
 Chapter 8. Being A Writer on Women, Violence, and War Madeleine Gagnon
 SECTION III: RETHINKING PRACTICES: CREATING SPACES FOR AGENCY
 Chapter 9. The Representation of Refugee Women in our Research and Practice Maryann Loughry
 Chapter 10. Refugee Youth, Gender and Identity: On the Margins of Mental Health Promotion Nazilla Khanlou and Sepali Guruge
 Chapter 11. Pray God and Keep Walking: Religion, Gender, Identity and Refugee Women Elzbieta Gozdziak
 <a>Chapter 12. "We Want to Talk, They Give Us Pills": Identity and Mental Health of Refugee Women from Sudan</a> Lynda Hayward, Maroussia Hajdukowski-Ahmed, Karen Trollope and Jenny Ploeg
 SECTION IV: REVIEWING POLICY: TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE RIGHTS OF REFUGEE WOMEN
 Chapter 13. Protecting Refugee Women: UNHCR and the Gender Equity Challenge Judith Kumin
 Chapter 14. Social Protection of Refugee Women: Paradoxes, Tensions, and Directions Patricia M. Daenzer
 Chapter 15. The Gender Factor in Refugee Determination and the Effect of "Gender Guidelines" Geradline Sadoway
 Chapter 16. Pursuing National Responsibility in a Post 9/11 World: Seeking Asylum in Canada From Gender Persecution Sherene Razack and Carmela Murdocca
 Notes on Contributors References Index

Autorenportrait

Maroussia Hajdukowski-Ahmed is a Professor at McMaster University who teaches in the French Department, the Women’s Studies Program, and at the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition. As a principal investigator of the McMaster Research Centre for the Promotion of Women’s Health, she conducted studies with immigrant and refugee women, co-authored Women’s Voices in Health Promotion and published essays on dialogism, participatory research, culture and mental health, and on exilic women’s narratives.