Creating refugeescapes

Afghan refugee women’s strategies of surviving and thriving in Delhi

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ID12291295
AuthorsNithya Rajan (0000-0003-3798-2629, Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume30
Issue3
Pages374-394
Publication date2022-05-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGender Place & Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0966-369X • E-ISSN: 1360-0524
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0966369x.2022.2069686
OpenAlexW4225401148
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited14

In this article, I offer the concept of ‘refugeespace’ as a way of understanding Afghan refugee women’s homemaking practices in Delhi, India. Such practices unfold in various spaces–the domestic space/apartment, the refugee neighborhood, and the larger megacity–Delhi. I map ‘refugeescape’ through the social networks that Afghan refugee women create with one another, livelihood and leisure activities, and everyday socio-economic negotiations that knit the spaces of the domestic home, neighborhood, and city together. Tracing the spaces that constitute Afghan refugee women’s lives in Delhi in relation to each other, the constraints they impose, and the possibilities they offer point to how these spaces are a critical aspect of refugee women’s strategies of surviving and thriving as refugees in Delhi

Afghan · Economic growth · Geography · Livelihood · New delhi · Palestinian refugees · Political science · Refugee · Social science · Sociology · Thriving · Transnationality · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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