The Civil War Female Refugee and Assimilation
An Acculturative Study of Layla AlAmmar’s Silence Is a Sense
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21806911 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Boutheyna Boualem (University of Jordan), Mahmoud F Al‐shetawi (0000-0002-8783-6032, University of Jordan), Mahmoud F Alshetawi |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 2861-2866 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory and Practice in Language Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1799-2591 • E-ISSN: 2053-0692 |
| Publisher | Academy Publication (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17507/tpls.1311.16 |
| OpenAlex | W4388129745 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Female refugees go through numerous stages and transformations during the asylum-seeking process, all of which leave their imprint on their individuality over time. This forced journey, the fleeing of a war-torn country, the search for shelter and safety in the host country, as well as a plethora of other factors, all have a bearing on the refugee's assimilation or lack thereof. This article aims to demonstrate the journey of assimilation that the protagonist in Layla AlAmmar's novel Silence is a Sense (2021) underwent. It takes John Berry's models of acculturation as its approach in order to investigate whether or not the refugee character Rana assimilated into the host society. Therefore, it critically scrutinizes the text to determine how Rana represents millions of female refugees, what it means to be a refugee in a host country, the extent to which a female refugee can integrate into the other country's culture, and whether the process of fully acculturating is underway
Acculturation · Aesthetics · Art · Immigration · Political science · Refugee · Silence · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Gender Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Migration, Health and Trauma
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |