[URBANTH-L]Call for Papers: Refugees, Identity, and Media

[Anna Jaysane-Darr]

We are seeking papers for a panel to submit to the AAA annual meeting  
that
would explore the themes of identity, media, and power as they relate  
to the
experiences of refugees.  Our papers will address broadly how refugee
identities are shaped by, and how refugees themselves may resist, media
images and other discourses that seek to define them.  Please respond  
if you
are interested in participating and have an abstract for a paper that  
would
speak to these themes.

Anna Jaysane-Darr is an anthropology doctoral student at Brandeis whose
research addresses the meanings, struggles, and constraints  
experienced by
South Sudanese women in the Boston area as they encounter new and  
ongoing
motherhood.

Allison B. Taylor is an anthropology doctoral student at Brandeis  
studying
the role of identity construction and negotiation in trauma and coping  
among
Somali refugees.

Please contact:
Anna Jaysane-Darr   annajay at brandeis.edu
Allison B. Taylor   abtaylor at brandeis.edu