Resilience in South Sudanese Wcb

Informationen zum Autor By Godriver Wanga-Odhiambo Klappentext This book traces the origin and developments of civil wars in Southern Sudan and how they impacted the female population. It shows how these refugee South Sudanese women dealt with homelessness in host countries through various coping strategies, and their eventual resettlement in USA where again they experienced cultural collisions. Finally, Resilience in South Sudanese Women traces their settlement in America, the challenges they experienced, and how they overcame them through determination and resilience. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: Historical Background to Sudan's Civil War Chapter 2: Movement beyond the bordersChapter 3: Settling in: Self Settlement in NairobiChapter 4: Providing for RefugeesChapter 5: Coping Strategy: Establishment of Social NetworkChapter 6: Coping Strategy two: Small Scale Economic VenturesChapter 7: Behold the Promised Land: AmericaChapter 8: Sudanese Women: The Real Heroines

Product details

• Authors: Godriver Wanga-Odhiambo, Wanga-Odhiambo Godriver
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9780739178669
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7866-9
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sudan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Migration, immigration & emigration, Regional Studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional / International studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, African Studies;Gender;history;Immigration;Sudanese;women