Ban Vinai, the Refugee CampColumbia University Press, 1993 - 242 pagina's Lynellyn Long documents the reality of daily life in Ban Vinai, a refugee camp in northeast Thailand. Based on the author's ethnographic experience of living and working in the camp, the book offers rich narrative descriptions of the lives of the Hmong and lowland Lao refugees. Long describes the lives of five families over the course of a year, recounting interactions with camp relief workers and the complexities of the larger relief system, how their family relationships and social roles change as a result of camp life, and their desires and expectations of the future. |
Inhoudsopgave
ONE The Road to Ban Vinai | 1 |
TWO Creation of an International | 13 |
THREE The Camps in Thailand | 31 |
FOUR A Disciplined Village | 55 |
FIVE The Camp Generation | 73 |
Entrapment | 93 |
Contents | 98 |
SEVEN Suffering and the Shaman | 111 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
altar American Anika arrive assistance asylum baht Ban Vinai Bangkok Blia Boonchan border Cambodia caseworker ceremony Chanthanom Chia Chiang Khan chicken child Choua COERR continues Disinherited dragon economic elderly English ethnic explains French groups Hmong household initiate International Relief System interpreter interview Kham Khamsai Khmer Khmer Rouge Khmu Laotian Laotian refugees laughs leaders leave live looks lowland Lao Luang Prabang Lynel Mekong mother Moua Napho nods Nong Khai observes officer organizations Pathet Lao Pere political Press problem refugee camp refugee movements refugee situations relief workers repatriation replies Report resettlement Resistance rice says Seng shaman Shawcross Sisawongs Southeast Asian Refugee speak spirits Studies Thai Thai government Thailand Thao third countries tion traditional translates U.S. government UNHCR Vang Pao Vashi Vientiane Vietnam Vietnamese village Volag voluntary agencies Western wife woman women World Xiong young
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