Tina Shrestha, Surviving the Sanctuary City. Asylum-seeking work in Nepali

Tina Shrestha's book plunges the reader into the daily suffering of Nepalese and Tibetan migrants seeking refuge in the United States, particularly in New York. Thanks to extended periods of interaction with asylum seekers and her involvement in Adhikaar, an association defending migrants’ rig...

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Sprache:Anglais
Veröffentlicht: European Bulletin of Himalayan Research 2025
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Zusammenfassung:Tina Shrestha's book plunges the reader into the daily suffering of Nepalese and Tibetan migrants seeking refuge in the United States, particularly in New York. Thanks to extended periods of interaction with asylum seekers and her involvement in Adhikaar, an association defending migrants’ rights, the author offers us an empathetic and complex view of a population that is invisible yet essential to New York's service economy.The approach adopted by Tina Shrestha, whose fieldwork dates back t...