Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 229 mm x 153 mm, Gewicht: 375 g
Bhutanese Refugees and Humanitarian Governance
Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 229 mm x 153 mm, Gewicht: 375 g
ISBN: 978-1-77212-703-4
Verlag: University of Alberta Press
This ethnography follows Bhutanese refugees who fled Bhutan, resided in camps in Nepal, and finally settled in the vastly different culture of Australia. Along the way, they learn the ways that humanitarian compassion is used to oppress, contain, and erode human rights. They also learn, however, that this charitable framework has small cracks that allow for action. The Bhutanese find ways to move between the contradictory expectations of refugee-ness as they strive to become citizens. Their experiences illustrate the complex strands of power that intertwine to limit the scope of people who “deserve compassion.” Neikirk also describes how responses to refugee crises have shifted from facilitating the movement of people to enforcing their containment. Readers in refugee studies, anthropology, and development studies will be interested in this rich transnational study.
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- [Draft] -
- Chapter 1: Introduction -
- Chapter 2: On the Fringe of Empires -
- Chapter 3: Learning to Be Humanitarian Subjects -
- Chapter 4: Behind the Performance -
- Chapter 5: On the Threshold of Australia -
- Chapter 6: Domestic Humanitarianism -
- Chapter 7: Sanitizing Otherness, Becoming Australian -
- Conclusion: Humanitarian Gestures -
- References -
“A common saying among the Bhutanese refugees was, ‘The elephant has two sets of teeth. The set they use to chew, and the set they show the world.’ While an elephant’s tusks are impressive and play crucial social roles, the hidden teeth are what ultimately sustain the animal.” —from the Introduction
