Representing 21st-Century Migration in Europe: Performing Borders, Identities and Texts

Published by Berghahn Books 2022

Representing 21st-Century Migration in Europe

Performing Borders, Identities and Texts

Edited by: Nelson González Ortega and Ana Belén Martínez García

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781800733817

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About this book

The 21st century has witnessed some of the largest human migrations in history. Europe in particular has seen a major influx of refugees, redefining notions of borders and national identity. This interdisciplinary volume brings together leading international scholars of migration from perspectives as varied as literature, linguistics, area and cultural studies, media and communication, visual arts, and film studies. Together, they offer innovative interpretations of migrants and contemporary migration to Europe, enriching today’s political and media landscape, and engaging with the ongoing debate on forced mobility and rights of both extra-European migrants and European citizens.

Author / Editor information

Nelson González Ortega (1952-2022) was Professor of Hispanic Literatures at the University of Oslo. He previously taught at University of Santo Tomás, University of Nariño, and Umeå University.

Ana Belén Martínez García is Associate Professor at ISSA School of Applied Management, University of Navarra. Her work has appeared in publications including Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, and Life Writing.

Nelson González Ortega (1952-2022) was Professor of Hispanic Literatures at the University of Oslo. He previously taught at University of Santo Tomás, University of Nariño, and Umeå University.

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“The book [offers] an interesting and potentially useful resource for scholars and students working at the intersection of cultural studies and migration research.” • Ethnic and Racial Studies

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ILLUSTRATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
INTRODUCTION Theorizing Textual, Visual and Performative Approaches to Recent Migration to Europe Nelson González Ortega Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I EUROPEAN MIGRATION REPRESENTED IN TESTIMONIES AND NOVELS
Chapter 1 OTHERING AND THE MUTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF (TRANS)NATIONAL IDENTITIES AND CITIZENSHIP IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AND SPANISH MIGRATION NARRATIVES Nelson González Ortega Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Chapter 2 BORDER CROSSINGS, RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES AND COLLECTIVE WRITING IN PATHÉ CISSÉ’S LA TIERRA PROMETIDA/DIARIO DE UN EMIGRANTE: LA TERRE PROMISE/JOURNAL D’UN EMIGRANT Carles Magrinyà Badiella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Chapter 3 MIGRANT LITERATURE MIGRATING Th e Case of Fatou Diome’s Le Ventre de l’Atlantique and Its Reception in Sweden Mattias Aronsson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Chapter 4 CAN MIGRATION NARRATIVES CHANGE PUBLIC CONCEPTIONS OF BORDERS? Th e Somali-Norwegian Borderscape in Roda Ahmed’s Forberedelsen and Its Medial Reception Johan Schimanski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Chapter 5 REFLECTIONS ON TRANSITIONAL BORDERSCAPES Performing the Migrant Self in Written and Audiovisual Testimony Ana Belén Martínez García Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Part II EUROPEAN MIGRATION REPRESENTED IN THE MEDIA
Chapter 6 THE VISUALIZATION OF THE ‘REFUGEE CRISIS’ OF 2015–2016 A Case Study of a Croatian Online News Source Ljiljana Šarić Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Chapter 7 CROSSING THE BORDER BETWEEN TWO SPACES Narration about the Migrant Crisis of 2015–2016 in Italian Newspapers Elizaveta Khachaturyan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Part III EUROPEAN MIGRATION REPRESENTED IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN CINEMA
Chapter 8 BORDER, SPACE AND THE BODY IN THE FILMS BIUTIFUL AND VICTORIA Carolina León Vegas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Chapter 9 ERRATIC BODIES IN EUROPEAN CINEMA A Radiography of Nations and Clandestine Bodies Laura Camacho Salgado Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Part IV EUROPEAN MIGRATION REPRESENTED IN THEATRE AND ARTWORKS AS MIGRANTS’ COUNTER-DISCOURSE OR ARTIVISM
Chapter 10 INJURIOUS METAPHORS AND (NON-)ART AS ACTIVIST COUNTER-DISCOURSE TO GREECE’S ‘REFUGEE CRISIS’ Olga Michael and Jovana Mastilovic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Chapter 11 WHO MARKS THE BORDERS OF THE (UN)KNOWN? Th e Dynamics of Relational Refl exivity in the Production of a Play on Forced Mobility in Northern Portugal Elizabeth Challinor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
CONCLUSION Migration, Border Aesthetics and Discursive Strategies Ana Belén Martínez García Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 250
Keywords: Refugee and Migration Studies; Cultural Studies (General); Literary Studies

eBook

Published: February 11, 2022
ISBN: 9781800733817