Description
Book SynopsisThe figure of the stranger is in serious need of revision, as is our understanding of the society against which the stranger is projected.
Trade Review"In this original and highly readable volume, Rumford moves debate beyond the figure of the stranger as an intrusion from outside toward strangeness as a feature of the human condition in an epoch of globalization." - Robert Holton, Trinity College, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction: When Neighbours Become Strangers
The Unchanging Stranger: A Critical Survey of the Literature
Ulrich Beck: A Perspectival Account of Strangeness
The Global Context: Rethinking Strangers and Neighbours
The 'Cricketing Stranger': The London Bombings and the 'Homegrown Terrorist'
The Cosmopolitan Stranger: A Thesis
Representing the Stranger: Film and Television
Conclusion
