Rebuilding Lives After Genocide: Migration, Adaptation and Acculturation

By Linda Asquith.

This book examines how genocide survivors rebuild their lives following migration after genocide. Drawing on a mixture of in-depth interviews and published testimony, it utilizes Bourdieu’s concept of social capital to highlight how individuals reconstruct their lives in a new country. The data comprises in-depth interviews with survivors of the Rwandan and Bosnian genocides, and the Holocaust. This combination of data allows for a broader analysis of the themes within the data. Overall, Rebuilding Lives After Genocide seeks to demonstrate that a constructivist, grounded theoretical approach to research can draw attention to experiences that have been hidden and unheard. The life of survivors in the wake of genocides is a neglected field, particularly in the context of migration and resettlement. Therefore, this book provides a unique insight into the debate surrounding recovery from victimisation and the intersection between migration and victimisation.

Linda Asquith is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Leeds Beckett University, UK. She completed the Imperial War Museum Holocaust Education Fellowship in 2006-7 which prompted her decision to conduct research which focused on Holocaust survivors and their experiences. Alongside her academic work, Linda has also worked in the field of Holocaust education and regularly gives talks on Holocaust Memorial Day to community groups.

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