Departures : an introduction to critical refugee studies / the Critical Refugee Studies Collective: Yé̂n Lê Espiritu, Lan Duong, Ma Vang, Victor Bascara, Khatharya Um, Lila Sharif, Nigel Hatton.

"Departures supports, contextualizes, and advances the field of Critical Refugee Studies by providing a capacious account of its genealogy, methods, and key concepts, as well as its premises, priorities, and possibilities. The book outlines the field's main tenets, questions, and concerns and offers...

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Main Authors: Espiritu, Yen Le, 1963- (Author)
Duong, Lan P., 1972- (Author)
Vang, Ma, 1982- (Author)
Bascara, Victor, 1970- (Author)
Um, Khatharya (Author)
Sharif, Lila, 1984- (Author)
Hatton, Nigel, 1973- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
Series:Critical refugee studies ; 3.
Subjects:
Refugees > Government policy > United States.
Refugees > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Immigrants > Government policy > United States.
Asylum, Right of > United States.
Asylum, Right of.
Immigrants > Government policy.
Refugees > Government policy.
Refugees > Legal status, laws, etc.
United States.
Physical Description:x, 190 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prologue: A letter to our communities
  • Introduction: Departures
  • A refugee critique of the law : on "fear and persecution"
  • A refugee critique of fear : on livability and durability
  • A refugee critique of humanitarianism : on ungratefulness and refusal
  • A refugee critique of representations : on criticality and creativity
  • Conclusion: In/verse
  • Epilogue: A letter to UNHCR.