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‘Walking the line’: Southern Sudanese masculinities and reconciling one's past with the present.
- Source :
- Ethnicities; Feb2012, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p50-66, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- This paper discusses an ethnographic engagement with Southern Sudanese men and their experiences of resettlement as refugees in Adelaide, Australia. They use the phrase ‘walking the line’ to convey the multiple challenges of reconciling one's past within thepresent contexts of life in a new host country. This geographic metaphor hints at the contested borderlands of masculinity, social relations and raising children that highlight the dynamic complexities related to gender and institutional power. The participant voices provide helpful perspectives on the endeavour of forging one's identity in forced migration and resettlement contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- SUDANESE refugees
MASCULINITY
CULTURE
GENDER
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14687968
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Ethnicities
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 71180125
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796811419605