Illegal' Traveller: An Auto-Ethnography of Borders - Couverture souple

Khosravi, S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0230336744 ISBN 13 : 9780230336742

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

Synopsis

Illegal' Traveller Based on fieldwork among undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers, 'Illegal' Traveller offers a narrative of the polysemic nature of borders, border politics, and rituals and performances of border-crossing. Interjecting personal experiences into ethnographic writing it is 'a form of self-narrative that places the self within a social context'. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In 'Illegal' Traveller, Shahram Khosravi explores the issue of borders and border crossing in the era of globalization and transnationalism, analyzing how the nation-state system regulates movements of people. In doing do, Khosravi contends that freedom of mobility for some is only possible through the organized exclusion of others.

Khosravi examines how migrant illegality is configured in the contemporary world and explores what it means to be an 'illegal' migrant. The focus is on a multifaceted picture of what migrant illegality is like for those who find themselves in this position. Based on his own journey and informants' border narratives, he investigates the nature of borders, border politics, and the rituals and performances of border crossing. By focusing on individual experiences he draws attention to the implementation of policy and law. Border stories reveal the interaction between agency and structure in migratory experiences. They offer a human portrait of illegal travellers.

Biographie de l'auteur :

SHAHRAM KHOSRAVI is Associate Professor, Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University, Sweden. He is the author of Young and Defiant in Tehran.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0230336744
• ISBN 13: 9780230336742
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 164