Images of Illegalized Immigration

Towards a Critical Iconology of Politics
Herausgegeben:Bischoff, Christine; Falk, Francesca; Kafehsy, Sylvia

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Produktbeschreibung

Illegalized immigration is a highly iconic topic. The public perception of the current regime for mobility is profoundly shaped by visual and verbal images. As the issue of illegalized immigration is gaining increasing political momentum, the authors feel it is a well-warranted undertaking to analyze the role of images in the creation of illegalization. Their aim is to trace the visual processes that produce these very categories.The authors aim to map out an iconography of illegalized immigration in relation to political, ethical, and aesthetic discourses. They discuss the need to project new images as well as the dangers of giving persons without legal papers an individual face. Illegalization is produced by law, but naturalized through the everyday use of images. The production of law, on the other hand, is also driven by both mental and materialized images. A critical iconology may help us to see these mechanisms.

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Produktdetails

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• Verlag: transcript / transcript Verlag
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 135mm
• Gewicht: 260g
• ISBN-13: 9783837615371
• ISBN-10: 3837615375
• Artikelnr.: 29959580

Autorenporträt

Bischoff, ChristineChristine Bischoff (M.A.) teaches cultural studies at the University of Basel. Her research focus is on visual anthropology, migration, transnationalism and sociocultural mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion.

Rezensionen

Reviewed in: ProgrammZeitung, 1 (2011) Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft (zfm), 5 (2011), Nanna Heidenreich Telebasel, Telebar, 10.01.2011, Mirjam Jauslin Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1-2 (2012), Saffia Elisa Shaukat Baslerstab, 09.12.2010, Aline Wanner