
Making Refuge: Somali Bantu Refugees And Lewiston, Maine (Global Insecurities)
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 i...
Series: Global Insecurities
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Duke University Press Books (February 5, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0822360446
ISBN-13: 978-0822360445
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 399627
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“For anyone who is interested in the story of people who immigrate to the United States, this is a must read. The author knows this subject intimately because of her connection with the Somali Bantu over 25 years. She did a field placement in southe...”
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.
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