Open AccessTHE LONG TURNING: A Palestinian Refugee in Belgium
Author(s) -
ALLAN DIANA
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cultural anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.669
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1548-1360
pISSN - 0886-7356
DOI - 10.14506/ca35.2.05
Subject(s) - palestinian refugees , refugee , narrative , meaning (existential) , political science , duration (music) , sociology , gender studies , criminology , law , psychology , art , literature , psychotherapist
ABSTRACT This article considers the duration and meaning of insecurity—as it is experienced over the course of a life and moves over borders—through the narrative of a Palestinian woman from Shatila now seeking asylum in Belgium. Structured around one person's account of the asylum process, it considers what a singular case can reveal about a collective migrant condition, the inconstant line separating secure from insecure states, and the reconstitution of a secure self in conditions of chronic uncertainty.