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

by Nelson Gonz lez Ortega (Editor), Ana Bel n Mart nez Garc a (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781805393283
Publisher:	Berghahn Books
Publication date:	06/07/2024
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

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.

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

Editorial Reviews

“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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