Bibliographic information:

Malkki, Liisa H. 1995. "Refugees and Exile: From 'Refugee Studies' to the National Order of Things." Annual Review of Anthropology 24 (1):495-523. 

Abstract:

This review article begins by reflecting on how the concept of "refugee" has developed since the second World War.  Next, it looks at how various academic disciplines approach "the refugee" as an object of study.  The author ends with a discusson of possible research directions that anthropologists can take to better contextualize the study of displacement.  Over 175 references are listed. 

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• online text (via JSTOR) = http://www.jstor.org/stable/2155947?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents (free article, with registration); 
• Worldcat record = http://worldcat.org/oclc/1783647;
• publisher web site = http://www.annualreviews.org/journal/anthro

Category:

Forced migration

Resource type:

Journal article