Humanitarians Child War Refugees Australian Humanitarianism in a Transnational

Spanning six decades from the formation of the Save the Children Fund in 1919 to humanitarian interventions during the Vietnam War, The Humanitarians maps the national and international humanitarian efforts undertaken by Australians on behalf of child refugees. In this longitudinal study, Joy Damousi explores the shifting forms of humanitarian activity related to war refugee children over the twentieth century, from child sponsorship, the establishment of orphanages, fundraising, to aid and development schemes and campaigns for inter-country adoption. Framed by conceptualisations of the history of emotions, and the limits and possibilities afforded by empathy and compassion, she considers the vital role of women and includes studies of unknown, but significant, women humanitarian workers and their often-traumatic experience of international humanitarian work. Through an examination of the intersection between racial politics and war refugees, Damousi advances our understanding of humanitarianism over the twentieth century as a deeply racialised and multi-layered practice.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Joy Damousi is Director of the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Joy (Australian Catholic University Damousi, Damousi Joy, Joy Damousi
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.03.2025
• Thema: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte
• EAN: 9781108987363
• ISBN: 978-1-108-98736-3
• Anzahl Seiten: 361
• Serie: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Themen: Australia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Aid & relief programmes, Australasian & Pacific history, Refugees and political asylum, Australasian and Pacific history, Refugees & Political Asylum, Aid and relief programmes