The Ideal Refugees: Gender, Islam, and the Sahrawi Politics of Survival
(Part of the Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East Series)
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Refugee camps are typically perceived as militarized and patriarchal spaces, and yet the Sahrawi refugee camps have consistently been represented as ideal in nature: uniquely secular and democratic spaces, characterized by gender equality. Drawing on extensive research with and about Sahrawi refugees in Algeria, Cuba, Spain, South Africa, and Syria, Fiddian-Qasmiyeh explores how, why, and to what effect such idealized depictions have been projected onto the international arena. In The Ideal Refugees, the author argues that secularism and the empowerment of Sahrawi refugee women have been strategically invoked to secure the humanitarian and political support of Western state and nonstate actors, ensuring the continued survival of the camps and their inhabitants. This book challenges the reader to reflect critically on who benefits from assertions of good, bad, and ideal refugees, and whose interests are advanced by interwoven discourses about the empowerment of women and secularism in contexts of war and peace.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0815633262
ISBN13:9780815633266
Release Date:February 2014
Publisher:Syracuse University Press
Length:360 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.5" x 9.1"
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