This Place Will Become Home
Download or Read eBook This Place Will Become Home PDF written by Laura Hammond and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Laura Hammond |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0801489393 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780801489396 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis This Place Will Become Home by : Laura Hammond
Book excerpt: Narratives of displacement -- Life in the Sudan camps -- A patchwork of emplacements -- The household food economy as the locus of community construction -- "We have each lost a child": birth, death and the role of life-cycle rituals in emplacing the individual within the community -- Ada Bai's place in the wider world -- Conclusion: forced migration, anthropology and the politics of international assistance -- Epilogue: the Ethiopian-Eritrean war as felt in Ada Bai.
