Exile and return among the East Timorese
By: Amanda Wise.
Series: Contemporary ethnography
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780812239096
Subjects: Political refugees -- East Timor; Political refugees -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Social conditions; Exiles -- East Timor; Exiles -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Social conditions; East Timorese -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.); Return migration -- East Timor
Description: "East Timor was the world's newest nation when it finally gained its independence in 2002, following half a millennium of Portuguese rule and 24 years of Indonesian occupation. That occupation produced a refugee diaspora spread between Portugal and Australia that has been integral in advancing East Timor's cause abroad. Because East Timorese in the diaspora identified strongly as exiles and invested so much in pursuing East Timor's independence, the homeland's liberation has complicated the very basis on which many have "imagined" themselves since fleeing to Australia."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.