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Taylor and Francis Ltd Refugee Resettlement in the United States 1st Edition 2022 Hardbound by Watson, Marnie K.
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. Each chapter unpacks resettlement at the macro or micro scale, underscoring the multiple, and mostly unsupported, negotiations refugees must undertake in their familial, social, educational, and work spheres to painstakingly reconstruct and reintegrate their lives. The contributors show how civil society groups and individuals push back against xenophobic policies and strive to support refugee communities, and how agentive efforts result in refugees establishing stable lives, despite punishing odds. This volume will be of interest to anthropologists and other scholars with a focus on refugee and migration studies. 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 Siven, 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