Refugee Resettlement in the United States: Loss, Transition, and Resilience in a Post-9/11 World

ISBN-13: 9780367671990 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 208 str.

Pritha Gopalan; Marnie K. Watson

Opis

This book focuses on refugee resettlement in the post-9/11 environment of the United States with theoretical work and ethnographic case studies that portray loss, transition, and resilience.

Spis treści

Prologue David W. Haines; Toward a Humanizing Discourse in Research, Policy, and Practice with Refugee Communities Shawna Shapiro; Part I Unpacking Early Resettlement: Loss and Transition; 1 "More Karenni, More Happy": The Role of Social Bonds in the Refugee Resettlement and Integration Processes of Families from Myanmar in Western New York.-Pilapa Esara Carroll and Ngo Hna; 2 A Figured World in New Jersey Supports Successful English Language Learning-Pritha Gopalan, Jodi F. Paroff, Tahi Hunter, Sikandar Khan; 3 Collaborative Social Media Production with a Congolese Refugee Youth Group in Florida-Dillon Mahoney; 4 "Sometimes, I Wish We Never Came Here": Public Schooling of Iraqi Refugee Youth and a Dream (of a Second Life) Denied-Sally Wesley Bonet; 5 Dietary Change and Nutritional Status among Refugees from Burma in West Central Florida: Implications for Health and Educational Programs-Roberta D. Baer, Sarah Taylor, Kelsee Hentschel-Fey, Adriana Dail, Sean Baird, Jacqueline Sivén, Channah Leff, Seiichi Villalona; Part II Understanding Later Resettlement: Transition and Resilience; 6 "I Would Expect Her to Know That She’s A Dinka": Defining Successful Reproduction and Resettlement among South Sudanese Refugees-Anna Jaysane-Darr; 7 "They Don’t Love Me Anymore" : A Deeper Look at Family-Related Anxiety for Nepali Bhutanese Refugees in Northeast Ohio-Marnie K. Watson; 8 Seeking Samaj: Refugee Resettlement Beyond Self-Sufficiency and Dispersal-Andrew Nelson; 9 Trajectories of Refugee Adaptation: Insights from the Case of Bosnians in the United States-Fethi Keles; 10 Building a Multicultural Community with Resettled Refugees: A case study of the Midtown Utica Community Center in Utica, NY-Kathryn Stam and Chris Sunderlin; Epilogue: Beyond the Fastlane: Policy Innovation to Facilitate Upward Mobility-Faith Nibbs