Accidental sisters : refugee women struggling together for a new American dream
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Author
Contributors
Altikrity, Alia, 1968- author.
Published
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024].
Status
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Central - Adult Nonfiction - NEW | 305.9069 MEYER | Checked Out | May 11, 2024 |
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Published
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiv, 303 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Accidental Sisters follows the lives of five refugee women in Houston, Texas, an epicenter of refugee resettlement, as they make their way through a yearlong program for struggling single mother refugees overseen by Alia Altikrity, herself a former refugee from Iraq. Entirely grounded in the words of each of these women--Mina, also from Iraq; Maandi from Sudan; Sara and Zara from Syria; and Elikya from the Democratic Republic of Congo--this book recounts, with deep insight, the lives they lived in their mother countries and the way they were forced to flee with their children into the uncertainty of displacement in neighboring lands. And although it documents the safety and refuge the women eventually find in the new city to which they have been permanently resettled, it critiques the insistence of the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program on rapid self-sufficiency and offers an alternative vision of the American Dream, one grounded in a sisterhood of mutual care for one another"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Meyer, K., & Altikrity, A. (2024). Accidental sisters: refugee women struggling together for a new American dream . University of California Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Meyer, Kimberly and Alia Altikrity. 2024. Accidental Sisters: Refugee Women Struggling Together for a New American Dream. University of California Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Meyer, Kimberly and Alia Altikrity. Accidental Sisters: Refugee Women Struggling Together for a New American Dream University of California Press, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Meyer, Kimberly,, and Alia Altikrity. Accidental Sisters: Refugee Women Struggling Together for a New American Dream University of California Press, 2024.
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