Refugee Women, Representation and Education (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
216
Utgivningsdatum
2017-02-27
Förlag
Routledge
Illustratör/Fotograf
black and white 1 Tables
Illustrationer
1 Tables, black and white
Dimensioner
234 x 156 x 12 mm
Vikt
331 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
49:B&W 6.14 x 9.21 in or 234 x 156 mm (Royal 8vo) Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9781138703339

Refugee Women, Representation and Education

Creating a discourse of self-authorship and potential

av Melinda McPherson
Häftad,  Engelska, 2017-02-27
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Even with increased attention to refugee womens issues in the late 20th century, post-colonial discourses have nurtured limiting representations of refugee women, predominantly as subjects of charity and as victims. Adding to a growing body of work in the field, the author challenges this preconception by offering an opportunity for womens voices to shape and influence policy, especially as it pertains to the role of education in the authoring of their own lives. In this volume, Melinda McPherson centres refugee womens voices in the educational policy debate. Drawing on interviews with a group of refugee women in Melbourne, she explores purposes of education, and asks what kind of society these women imagine for themselves and for others. Their critical reflections, personal experiences and diverse backgrounds offer a contrasting picture to that privileged in ordinary policy debate. The women require support, resources, and guidance; but they are agents in their own lives who bring strength, thought, and imagination to crafting their own destinies in a new country. Education is a pivotal tool in exercising that agency. Throughout the book, discussions centre on why education matters to refugee women, focusing upon the integral links between education, civil society, and successful settlement, and conversely on the negative impacts of exclusionary practices. Representation and participation in education is a topic of critical social justice concern, and as such, the book will form important reading for academics, students, policy makers, and community development researchers.
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Melinda McPherson is an Honorary Research Fellow at Federation University and an independent consultant who works for the government and community organisations on education, gender, diversity, strategic planning and evaluation in Australia. She gained her Ph.D. from Federation University (formerly the University of Ballarat) Victoria, Australia.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction 2. The Representation of Marginal Subjects in Policy as a Topic of Social Justice Interest 3. Foucault, Feminism and Challenging Marginality 4. Representations of Refugee Women in Policy and their Material Real World Effects 5. Australian Settlement Education Policy, Representations, and Material Effects for Refugee Women 6. The Gendered Refugee Experience and its Educational Impacts 7. Contradicting Meanings and Producing New Discourse with Refugee Women: Methodology 8. Agency in Education: The Context and Backgrounds of Nine Refugee Women 9. Quality of Life and Empowerment 10. Care of the Self 11. Conclusion

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