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Book Synopsis 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.
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Table of Contents List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Theorizing Textual, Visual and Performative Approaches to Recent Migration to Europe
Nelson González Ortega
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: A Decolonial Reading
Nelson González Ortega
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
Chapter 3. Migrant Literature Migrating: The Case of Fatou Diome’s Le ventre de l’Atlantique and Its Reception in Sweden
Mattias Aronsson
Chapter 4. Can Migration Narratives Change Public Conceptions of Borders? The Somali-Norwegian Borderscape in Roda Ahmed’s Forberedelsen and Its Medial Reception
Johan Schimanski
Chapter 5. Reflections on Transitional Borderscapes: Performing the Migrant Self in Written and Audiovisual Testimony
Ana Belén Martínez García
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
Chapter 7. Crossing the Border between Two Spaces: Narration about the Migrant Crisis of 2015–2016 in Italian Newspapers
Elizaveta Khachaturyan
Part III: European Migration Represented in Contemporary European Cinema
Chapter 8. Border, Space and the Body in the Films Biutiful and Victoria
Carolina Leon Vegas
Chapter 9. Erratic Bodies in European Cinema: A Radiography of Nations and Clandestine Bodies
Laura Camacho Salgado
Part IV: European Migration Represented in Theatre and Artworks as Migrants’ Counterdiscourse or Artivism
Chapter 10. Injurious Metaphors and (Non-)Art as Activist Counter-Discourse to Greece’s ‘Refugee
Olga Michael and Jovana Mastilovic
Chapter 11. Who Marks the Borders of the (Un)known? The Dynamics of Relational Reflexivity in the Production of a Play on Forced Mobility in Northern Portugal
Elizabeth Challinor
Conclusion: Migration, Border Aesthetics and Discursive Strategies
Ana Belén Martínez García
Index
