Title Race-ing Fargo : refugees, citizenship, and the transformation of small cities / Jennifer Erickson

Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps Contents Introduction: Valley to the World -- Histories, Assemblages, and the City -- The NGOization of Refugee Resettlement -- Sibling Rivalry: Welfare and Refugee Resettlement -- Diversity and Inclusion in Fargo -- Resettled Orientalisms: Bosnian Muslims and Roma in Fargo -- Beyond Bare Life: Southern Sudanese in Fargo -- Conclusion: Prairie for the People Summary "This book traces the history of refugee resettlement to Fargo, ND, from 1980 to the present, showing how culture, political economy, and institutional transformations collectively contribute to the racialization of white cities like Fargo in ways that complicate their demographics and the space they hold in an American imaginary of the idyllic and homogenous small town. Through participant observation, discourse analysis, multi-sited ethnography, and interviews, Erickson compares citizenship practices among two social service institutions (refugee resettlement and welfare) and two groups of refugees (Bosnians and Southern Sudanese). Through the comparative study of white, secular Muslim Bosnians and black Christian Southern Sudanese, the book demonstrates how cross-cultural and transnational understandings of race, ethnicity, class, religion shape daily citizenship practices and belonging."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 18, 2020) Subject Race -- Social aspects -- North Dakota -- Fargo Refugees -- North Dakota -- Fargo Race awareness -- North Dakota -- Fargo Social integration -- North Dakota -- Fargo Cultural pluralism -- North Dakota -- Fargo Place (Philosophy) -- Social aspects -- North Dakota -- Fargo SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural Cultural pluralism Race awareness Race -- Social aspects Refugees Social integration North Dakota -- Fargo Form Electronic book LC no. 2020000050 ISBN 9781501751196 1501751190 150175114X 9781501751141

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