Making Refuge

How do people whose entire way of life has been destroyed and who witnessed horrible abuses against loved ones construct a new future How do people who have survived the ravages of war and displacement rebuild their lives in a new country when their world has totally changed In Making Refuge Catherine Besteman follows the trajectory of Somali Bantus from their homes in Somalia before the onset in 1991 of Somalia s civil war, to their displacement to Kenyan refugee camps, to their relocation in cities across the United States, to their settlement in the struggling former mill town of Lewiston, Maine Tracking their experiences as secondary migrants who grapple with the struggles of xenophobia, neoliberalism, and grief, Besteman asks what humanitarianism feels like to those who are its objects and what happens when refugees move in next door As Lewiston s refugees and locals negotiate coresidence and find that assimilation goes both ways, their story demonstrates the efforts of diverse people to find ways to live together and create community Besteman s account illuminates the contemporary debates about economic and moral responsibility, security, and community that immigration provokes. Best Read [ Making Refuge ] By [ Catherine Besteman ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr An amazing story about the Somali Bantu refugees and all the challenges they faced before and after they came to America It really opened my eyes to how much we truly take for granted here, all of our expectations when this group of people like many others that have seeked refuge here only want a chance to make a better life ...This ethnography is highly readable and informative, and I wholeheartedly recommend it There s so much to learn from this book about refugee experience and the focus on a particular group of Somali Bantus settled in the United States makes itpersonal than theoretical My partner is from Lewiston, and he bought this book for me because he knew I was interested in the background and detai...Dr Besteman writes a wonderful recount of her reunion with old friends she had met in her previous field work in Somalia and how those refugees are resettling in America It s a wonderful story of how immigration isthan assimilation of the immigrants but rather how new communities have to adapt together to form new understandings of each other This book tells a refreshing perspective on Immigration here in the U.S that means a lot in such a politically tense time I feel this book takes Dr Besteman writes a wonderful recount of her reunion with old friends she had met in her previous field work in Somalia and how those refugees are resettling in America It s a wonderful story of how immigration isthan assimilation of the immigrants but rather how new communities have to adapt together to form new understandings ...Read this ethnography for a ruthless expos on the contradictions of humanitarian aid NGOs details the refugee experience from fleeing a civil war that turned pastoralists into militiamen through to the xenophobic not so happily ever after resettlement process in America.Besteman eschews social science jargon to tell her story with great insight and empathy Her book should be required reading for policymakers currently debating what to do with refugees from Syria Nichola van de Walle Foreign Affairs Given Besteman s unique perspective on the Somali Bantu community in Lewiston and her impressive scholarship on refugees, Africa and racism, it would be difficult to imagine any scholar having as rich and multi faceted a frame of reference on the issue of refu Besteman eschews social science jargon to tell her story with great insight and empathy Her book should be required reading for policymakers currently debating what to do with refugees from Syria Nichola van de Walle Foreign Affairs Gi...It s an odd experience to read an ethnography the subject of which is the city one works in, many of the informants for which are people one knows I would recommend this book, however, to anyone, not just those with personal ties to Lewiston, for it serves as a kind of handbook for how to stop seeing like a state, and start seeing like a refugee And in my opinion, the latter will become an increasingly necessary disposition, not only for remaining humane, but for survival My only quibble It s an odd experience to read an ethnography the subject of which is the city one works in, many of the informants for which are people one knows I would recommend this book, however, to anyone, not j...Made it to about 76 pages in.and then somehow went weeks without picking it up again I just got distracted by shinier books, I guess The type size seemed a bit small and close together in this one, with narrow margins and lots of difficult to me na...

• English
• 18 June 2018
Catherine Besteman
• Hardcover
• 352 pages
• 0822360276
• Catherine Besteman
• Making Refuge