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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Luthra, Rashmi (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2024.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Refugees > Social conditions Refugees > Cultural assimilation Race relations Political refugees > Social conditions Refugies > États-Unis > Conditions sociales. Refugies > Michigan > Detroit > Conditions sociales. Refugies > Acculturation > États-Unis. Refugies > Acculturation > Michigan > Detroit. Refugees > United States > Social conditions. Refugees > Michigan > Detroit > Social conditions. Political refugees > United States > Social conditions. Political refugees > Michigan > Detroit > Social conditions. Refugees > Cultural assimilation > United States. Refugees > Cultural assimilation > Michigan > Detroit. Political refugees > Cultural assimilation > United States. Political refugees > Cultural assimilation > Michigan > Detroit. United States Michigan > Detroit Detroit (Mich.) > Race relations. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

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

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