Books in the Crossing Borders in a Global World: Applying Anthropology to Migration, Displacement, and Social Change series

The Crux of Refugee Resettlement reenvisions third-country resettlement. Each contributor uses ethnography to highlight refugee voices and experiences. This collection showcases the ways in which community-based solutions rebuild social networks and counteract the alienating conditions of resettlement.

In Not Even a Grain of Rice, Christine Hippert examines the intercultural networks of buying food with in-store credit at corner stores in the Dominican Republic.

The goal of resettlement must be the sustainable social, economic and human development of displaced communities. The provisions and directives entailed in resettlement policies and current performance standards constitute the I.S.I.R. Case examples from Asia, Africa and the Americas illustrate the praxis required for improving outcomes.

Iranian Hospitality, Afghan Marginality examines the nexus of hospitality and nationhood in diverse iterations of Iranian identity, opening spaces for recognizing the self and other in the everyday interactions between Iranian citizens and Afghan refugees at sites of national significance in and around the city of Shiraz.

Identities on Trial in the United States radically shifts the asylum seeker narrative by focusing on rarely heard stories of persecution and escape from China and Southeast Asia. ChorSwang Ngin, with contributions from immigration attorney, Joann Yeh, explores asylum seeker cases through an anthropological and legal lens.