Rebuilding Lives After Genocide: Migration, Adaptation and Acculturation

By Linda Asquith

Book Overview

This book examines how genocide survivors rebuild their lives following migration after genocide. Drawing on a mixture of in-depth interviews and published testimony, it utilises Bourdieu's concept of social capital to highlight how individuals reconstruct their lives in a new country. The data comprises in-depth interviews with survivors of the Rwandan and Bosnian genocides, and the Holocaust. This combination of data allows for a broader analysis of the themes within the data. Overall, Rebuilding Lives After Genocide seeks to demonstrate that a constructivist, grounded theoretical approach to research can draw attention to experiences that have been hidden and unheard. The life of survivors in the wake of genocides is a neglected field, particularly in the context of migration and resettlement. Therefore, this book provides a unique insight into the debate surrounding recovery from victimisation and the intersection between migration and victimisation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030140733
• ISBN13: 9783030140731
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"