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Migrants and Refugees at UK Borders: Hostility and 'Unmaking' the Human
This book investigates the hostile environment and politics of visceral and racial denigration which have characterised responses to refugees and migrants within the UK and Europe. Of interest to researchers of migration, humanitarianism, geography, global development, sociology and communication studies.
Author(s) | By Yasmin Ibrahim. |
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Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Format | Paperback / softback |
Pages | 188 |
Published in | United Kingdom |
Published | 25 Sept 2023 |
Availability | POD |
This book investigates the hostile environment and politics of visceral and racial denigration which have characterised responses to refugees and migrants within the UK and Europe. Of interest to researchers of migration, humanitarianism, geography, global development, sociology and communication studies.
1. Borders and Non-Hominization: Hostility and Unmaking of the Human 2. The Migrant 'Other': Animality, Monstrosity and Non-Hominization 3. Calais at the Margins of Civilization: The Jungle and the Racialized 'Migrant' 4. Migrant Channel Crossings: Death,
Yasmin Ibrahim is Professor in Digital Economy and Culture at Queen Mary, University of London. Her ongoing research on new media technologies explores the cultural dimensions and social implication of the diffusion of ICTs in different contexts and its i