{"product_id":"frontiers-of-belonging-the-education-of-unaccompanied-refugee-youth-hardback-9780253061782","title":"Frontiers of Belonging; The Education of Unaccompanied Refugee Youth (Hardback) 9780253061782","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrontiers of Belonging\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Education of Unaccompanied Refugee Youth\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnnika Lems (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253061782\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 July 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm, 0.553 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs unprecedented numbers of unaccompanied African minors requested asylum in Europe in 2015, Annika Lems witnessed a peculiar dynamic: despite inclusionary language in official policy and broader society, these children faced a deluge of exclusionary practices in the classroom and beyond. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrontiers of Belonging\u003c\/i\u003e traces the educational paths of refugee youth arriving in Switzerland amid the shifting sociopolitical terrain of the refugee crisis and the underlying hierarchies of deservingness. Lems reveals how these minors sought protection and support, especially in educational settings, but were instead treated as threats to the economic and cultural integrity of Switzerland. Each chapter highlights a specific child's story—Jamila, Meron, Samuel, and more—as they found themselves left out, while on paper being allowed \"in.\" The result is a highly ambiguous social reality for young refugees, resulting in stressful, existential balancing acts. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA captivating ethnography, \u003ci\u003eFrontiers of Belonging\u003c\/i\u003e allows readers into the Swiss classrooms where unspoken distinctions between self and other, guest and host, refugee and resident, were formed, policed, and challenged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. On Doing \"Being Normal\"\u003cbr\u003e2. The Model(led) Pupil\u003cbr\u003e3. The Poster Child of Integration\u003cbr\u003e4. The Unlucky Many\u003cbr\u003e5. The Integration Pilot\u003cbr\u003e6. Existential Balancing Acts\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525493092632,"sku":"9780253061782","price":47.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/frontiers-of-belonging-the-education-of-unaccompanied-refugee-youth-hardback-9780253061782","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}