Refugee Resettlement in the United States

Refugee Resettlement in the United States
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Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : 9781783094592
ISBN-13 : 1783094591
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Book Synopsis Refugee Resettlement in the United States by : Emily M. Feuerherm

Download or read book Refugee Resettlement in the United States written by Emily M. Feuerherm and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume brings together scholars from various disciplines to discuss how language is used by, for, and about refugees in the United States in order to deepen our understanding of what ‘refugee’ and ‘resettlement’ mean. The main themes of the chapters highlight: the intersections of language education and refugee resettlement from community-based adult programs to elementary school classrooms; the language (of) resettlement policies and politics in the United States at both the national level and at the local level focusing on the agencies and organizations that support refugees; the discursive constructions of refugee-hood that are promulgated through the media, resettlement agencies, and even the refugees themselves. This volume is highly relevant to current political debates of immigration, human rights, and education, and will be of interest to researchers of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, anthropology, and cultural studies.


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