Refugee States – Critical Refugee Studies in Canada Nguyen Phu Hardback

Refugee StatesCritical Refugee Studies in Canada\nAuthor(s): Vinh Nguyen, Thy Phu\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487508647, 978-1487508647\nSynopsis\nExploring \""refuge\"" and \""refugee\"" as concepts that shape Canadian nation-building both within and beyond national borders, Refugee States takes an interdisciplinary and critical approach to describing how refugees articulate their relation to and defiance of official discourses. Through close examinations of refugee movements, contexts, and subjectivities, this collection reveals how Canada has relied upon the rejection and inclusion of refugees as a crucial means of statecraft.\n\n Bringing together renowned and emerging scholars from multiple disciplines, Nguyen and Phu illuminate the historical, political, and cultural conditions that produce refugees as well as the narrative of humanitarian benevolence that persists nationally and international.