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Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements

Introduction: Care in a Time of Humanitarianism: Stories of Refuge, Aid, and Repair in the Global South
Arzoo Osanloo and Cabeiri deBergh Robinson

Part I: Refuge, Law, and Empire in the Global South

Chapter 1. Patriation: Conceptualizing Migration after Empire
Pamela Ballinger

Chapter 2. Staging Filipino Hospitality: Transitional Intimacies of Jewish Refuge in the Commonwealth Philippines
James Pangilinan

Chapter 3. Burma Evacuees: R. Sanyassiah, Post-war Return, and Displacement in Modern South Asia
Emma C. Meyer

Chapter 4. Khao-i-Dang Refugee Camp: Local Hosts and Hauntings of the Third Indochina War in a Transit Zone
Khathaleeya Liamdee

Chapter 5. A ‘Lucky Escape’: Ethnic Cleansing and What Happens When International Humanitarianism Fails
Kathie Friedman-Kasaba

Chapter 6. Benevolent Arts: The Persistence of Mercy in Humanitarian Logics
Arzoo Osanloo

Part II: Aid, Intimacy, and Humanitarian Praxis

Chapter 7. Humanitarian Departures: Reflections of a Refugee Aid Worker
Ilana Feldman

Chapter 8. Quiet Aid: Barbara Schöfnagel’s Private Humanitarianism in the Socialist Gray Area (and What Else the Global East Can Teach Us)
Cristian Capotescu

Chapter 9. YĆ«suf’s Struggle: Negotiating Development and Charity in a Palestinian Refugee Camp
Gözde Burcu Ege

Chapter 10. “They are Muhajir, We are Ansar:” Godforsakenness at the Myanmar-Bangladesh Border
Tanzeen Rashed Doha

Chapter 11. “We’re All Humanitarians”: International Humanitarian Organizations, Islamist Service Societies, and the Practice of ‘Humanitariyan Jihad’ in Kashmir
Cabeiri deBergh Robinson

Part III: Repair in a World of Care

Chapter 12. Red Coat, Denim Shirt: Conceptualizing Displacement Across Generations
Rawan Arar

Chapter 13. The Barrette: Unlikely Humanitarian Images and Practices of Repair
Jenna Grant

Chapter 14. Memoir and a Sinking Ship: Reconstituting Sovereignty through Refugee Narratives
Megan Butler

Chapter 15. The Gift of Food: An Islamic Ethics of Care
Amira Mittermaier

Chapter 16. Mothering the Dead: Care Beyond Life in Kurdistan
Mediha Sorma

Chapter 17. Unintended Consequences: Debating the Protection of Cultural Heritage During Humanitarian Crises
Stephanie Selover

Conclusion: Concluding Conversation: A Global South’s Lessons in Humanitarianism
Arzoo Osanloo & Cabeiri deBergh Robinson

Appendix I: Pedagogical Supplement
Arzoo Osanloo & Cabeiri deBergh Robinson

Care in a Time of Humanitarianism

Stories of Refuge, Aid, and Repair in the Global South

Edited by Arzoo Osanloo & Cabeiri deBergh Robinson

335 pages, 17 ills., bibliog., index

ISBN  978-1-80539-490-7 Hb Published (August 2024)



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