Ambiguous Loss for Cambodian American Deportees and Their Families

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5711239
AutoresVichet Chhuon (University of Minnesota, autor de correspondencia), Marina Aleixo, Marina B Aleixo (University of Minnesota), Catherine Solheim (0000-0002-8957-2288, University of Minnesota)
Año2024
Volumen22
Número3
Páginas573-585
Fecha de publicación2024-07-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1556-2948 • E-ISSN: 1556-2956
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15562948.2022.2061668
OpenAlexW4225586445
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas15

Through an Ambiguous Loss framework, this study examines how family members in the United States and in Cambodia process grief and cope with deportation and separation. The ongoing sense of loss can result in families feeling stuck, continually dealing with the ambiguity of whether their deported family member is in or out of the family. Individual and group interviews conducted with family members in the United States and in Cambodia revealed the following main themes: frozen grief- inability to move on, ambiguous loss compounded by unclear roles and boundaries, and sense of betrayal. This research examines life after deportation and seeks ways to improve the conditions for families. These findings recognize the painful irony that exist for families dealing with loss from deportation

Ambiguity · Betrayal · Criminology · Deportation · Family member · Feeling · Genealogy · Grief · Immigration · Political science · Psychotherapist · Resentment · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · History · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Psychology