Destination Detroit Discourses on the Refugee in a Post-Industrial City

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Luthra, Rashmi, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press [2024]
Edición:First edition
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009784586206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. The Refugee Story as Part of the Story of Metro Detroit
  • Chapter 1. Destination Detroit: The Refugee as a Means of Economic Revitalization
  • Chapter 2. Refugees Not Welcome: The Refugee as a Threatening Figure
  • Chapter 3. The Refugee as a Vote Getter: The Political Fight over the Figure of the Refugee
  • Chapter 4. Refugees Welcome: The Refugee as a Test of Our Collective Character
  • Chapter 5. Detroit as Deportation Central for Chaldean Refugees: Representation of a Refugee Group in Narrow Christian Terms
  • Chapter 6. Unsettling Refugee Discourse through Art and Culture: Attempting to Move beyond the Stock Figure of the Refugee
  • Concluding Thoughts
  • References
  • Index.