Blood Doesn’t Become Water’? Syrian Social Relations during Displacement

Bibliographic Data

ID12213002
AuthorsMichelle Lokot (0000-0002-4406-0166, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume33
Issue3
Pages555-576
Publication date2018-09-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Refugee Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0951-6328 • E-ISSN: 1471-6925
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/jrs/fey059
OpenAlexW2903890505
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited47

Humanitarian discourses emphasize that displacement results in disruptions to family structures. This article challenges simplistic descriptions of change during displacement, highlighting the powerful role of the family in Middle Eastern societies through an anthropological exploration of social relations among Syrian refugees in Jordan. It contributes to academic analysis on social relations among refugees by presenting a more mixed picture of social dynamics within and outside the family—both before conflict and during displacement. It explores how the hold of the family among Syrians may limit social interactions with ‘outsiders’ during displacement, as well as how displacement may offer opportunities for tighter social regulations to be unravelled. These findings highlight that social relations among refugees must be analysed more carefully, and with consideration of intersectional power dynamics

Displacement (psychology · Political science · Power (physics · Refugee · Social relation · Social science · Sociology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Middle East Politics and Society · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Gender Studies · Law · Social Psychology

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