Not born a refugee woman : contesting identities, rethinking practices /: contesting identities, rethinking practices. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Maroussia Hajdukowski-Ahmed, Nazilla Khanlou, and Helene Moussa.
• Other Names: Hajdukowski-Ahmed, Maroussia; Khanlou, Nazilla; Moussa, Helene, 1931-
• Contents: 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 Chapter 12. "We Want to Talk, They Give Us Pills": Identity and Mental Health of Refugee Women from Sudan; 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
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 323 pages), illustrations, map
• Subjects: 305.4896914; Women refugees; Identity (Psychology) -- Social aspects; Forced migration; Forced migration; Identity (Psychology) -- Social aspects; Women refugees; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0857450263; 9780857450265
• Related ISBNs: 9781845454975; 9781845457044
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-301) and index.; Note: Print version.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.