Reconstructing Lives Recapturing Meaning

This work presents a systematic investigation of refugees' loss of their old identities and their efforts to construct new ones. It examines the interplay between cultural, ethnic and gender constructions among resettled refugee populations. Each chapter is grounded in anthropological theory and method, and the text's framework demonstrates the relationship between the dynamics of forced migration and the ways in which ethnic and gender identities are reinvented in new socio-cultural settings. Theses essays allow readers to view refugee resettlement as a creative, experimental process.