The Right Kind of Suffering - Gender, Sexuality, and Arab Asylum Seekers in America (Hardcover)

From the overloaded courts with their constantly changing dates and appointments to the need to prove oneself the "right" kind of victim, the asylum system in the United States is an exacting and drawn-out immigration process that itself results in suffering. When anthropologist Rhoda Kanaaneh became a volunteer interpreter for Arab asylum seekers, she learned how applicants were pushed to craft specific narratives to satisfy the system's requirements. Kanaaneh tells the stories of four Arab asylum seekers who sought protection in the United States on the basis of their gender or sexuality: Saud, who relived painful memories of her circumcision and police harassment in Sudan and then learned to number and sequence these recollections; Fatima, who visited doctors and therapists in order to document years of spousal abuse without over-emphasizing her resulting mental illness; Fadi, who highlighted the homophobic motivations that provoked his arrest and torture in Jordan, all the while sidelining connected issues of class and racism; and Marwa, who showcased her private hardships as a lesbian in a Shiite family in Lebanon and downplayed her environmental activism. The Right Kind of Suffering is a compelling portrait of Arab asylum seekers whose success stories stand in contrast with those whom the system failed.

General

Imprint:	University Of Texas Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Rhoda Kanaaneh
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-1-4773-2638-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Promotions
LSN:	1-4773-2638-3
Barcode:	9781477326381

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