Ideal Refugees - Islam, Gender, and the Sahrawi Politics of Survival

Informationen zum Autor Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh is departmental lecturer in forced migration at the Refugee Studies Centre! University of Oxford! UK! where she is also junior research fellow in refugee studies at Lady Margaret Hall. Klappentext Refugee camps are typically perceived as militarised and patriarchal spaces, and yet the Sahrawi refugee camps and their inhabitants have consistently been represented as ideal in nature. Drawing on extensive research the author explores to what effect such idealised depictions have been projected onto the international arena. Zusammenfassung Refugee camps are typically perceived as militarised and patriarchal spaces! and yet the Sahrawi refugee camps and their inhabitants have consistently been represented as ideal in nature. Drawing on extensive research the author explores to what effect such idealised depictions have been projected onto the international arena.

Product details

• Authors: Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.2014
• EAN: 9780815633266
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-3326-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 237 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics; Gender, Culture, and Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book