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Description for Ban Vinai
Paperback. The author documents the reality of daily life in Ban Vinai, a refugee camp in north-east Thailand, focusing on the activities of five families over a year. She describes their interactions with camp relief workers and the changes in their family relationships caused by the camp. Num Pages: 242 pages, 26 photographs, 15 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; JFFD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Lynellyn Long documents the reality of daily life in Ban Vinai, a refugee camp in northeast Thailand. Based on the author's ethnographic experience of living and working in the camp, the book offers rich narrative descriptions of the lives of the Hmong and lowland Lao refugees. Long describes the lives of five families over the course of a year, recounting interactions with camp relief workers and the complexities of the larger relief system, how their family relationships and social roles change as a result of camp life, and their desires and expectations of the future. Long explores the effects of ... Read more
Lynellyn Long documents the reality of daily life in Ban Vinai, a refugee camp in northeast Thailand. Based on the author's ethnographic experience of living and working in the camp, the book offers rich narrative descriptions of the lives of the Hmong and lowland Lao refugees. Long describes the lives of five families over the course of a year, recounting interactions with camp relief workers and the complexities of the larger relief system, how their family relationships and social roles change as a result of camp life, and their desires and expectations of the future. Long explores the effects of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231078634
SKU
V9780231078634
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
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