Figures of the Migrant: The Roles of Literature and the Arts in Representing Migration (Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature)
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- Synopsis
- This volume seeks to investigate the representation of the migrant and migration in literary texts and the arts. Through studies that examine works in a range of art forms ‒ novels, theatre, poetry, creative non-fiction, documentary films, and performance and video installations ‒ that evoke a variety of historical and (trans)national contexts, the volume focuses on the question of the roles of literature and the arts in representing migration. An important issue considered is the extent to which artistic figuration can act as a counterpoint to social discourse on migrants that often involves stereotypes and reductive views. The different contributions to the volume illustrate that literature and the arts can provide readers and viewers with a space for fluid knowledge production and affective expansion, and that within that overarching function, artistic works play three main roles with regard to representing migration: undertaking a socio-political and cultural critique, presenting alternative views to stereotypes that highlight the singularity and complexity of the migrant, and providing proposals for different futures.
- Copyright:
- 2022
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 218 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781000434118
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781032067902, 9781032008806, 9781003176213
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 09/10/21
- Copyrighted By:
- selection and editorial matter, Siobhan Brownlie and Rédouane Abouddahab
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Siobhan Brownlie
- Edited by:
- Rédouane Abouddahab
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