Waiting and Wellbeing Among Syrian Refugees During Periods of War, Displacement, and Resettlement

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dc.contributor.advisorFleuriet, Kathryn J.
dc.contributor.authorMzayek, May
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGallagher, Patrick M.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBagheri, Nazgol
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-26T23:08:33Z
dc.date.available2024-01-26T23:08:33Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionThe author has granted permission for their work to be available to the general public.
dc.description.abstractThe Syrian Refugee Crisis, which began in 2011, is among the worst since WWII and continues to wreak havoc on the lives of millions of Syrian refugees. Through an ethnographic approach, I examine the wellbeing of Syrian refugees within the chronologies of peace, war, displacement, and resettlement to the United States. Specifically, I focus on the concepts of waiting and liminality to understand the wellbeing and identity of Syrian refugees. My research shows that the refugees' definition of wellbeing changes during the different phases of peace, war, displacement, and resettlement; ideas of wellbeing are reinforced within each waiting space; and as refugees, Syrians enter into a liminal stage of de-identification and loss of personhood. Nevertheless, they employ diverse strategies to escape each waiting space in an effort to improve wellbeing.
dc.description.departmentAnthropology
dc.format.extent116 pages
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.isbn9780355533613
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/2679
dc.languageen
dc.subjectCultural anthropology
dc.subjectDisplacement
dc.subjectForced migration
dc.subjectMedical anthropology
dc.subjectRefugees
dc.subjectSyrian refugee crisis
dc.subject.classificationCultural anthropology
dc.titleWaiting and Wellbeing Among Syrian Refugees During Periods of War, Displacement, and Resettlement
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thesis.degree.departmentAnthropology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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