Ex-Centric Migrations

Europe and the Maghreb in Mediterranean Cinema, Literature, and Music

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Av Hakim Abderrezak

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Ex-Centric Migrations examines cinematic, literary, and musical representations of migrants and migratory trends in the western Mediterranean. Focusing primarily on clandestine sea-crossings, Hakim Abderrezak shows that despite labor and linguistic ties with the colonizer, migrants from the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia) no longer systematically target France as a destination, but instead aspire toward other European countries, notably Spain and Italy. In addition, the author investigates other migratory patterns that entail the repatriation of émigrés. His analysis reveals that the films, novels, and songs of Mediterranean artists run contrary to mass media coverage and conservative political discourse, bringing a nuanced vision and expert analysis to the sensationalism and biased reportage of such events as the Mediterranean maritime tragedies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-06-20
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt544 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor280
FörlagIndiana University Press
ISBN9780253020659
UtmärkelserWinner of Berlin Prize 2021 (United States)

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Film inom Kultur
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhalle och politik
Migration inom Samhalle och politik

Introduction: Mediterraneans and Migrations in the Global Era1. Disimmigration as a Remedy for the Illness of Immigration in Ismaël Ferroukhi's Le grand voyage2. "Burning the Sea": Clandestine Migration Across the Mediterranean in Francophone Moroccan Illiterature3. Southward Road Narratives: How French Citizens Become Clandestine Immigrants in Algeria4. The New Eldorado in Mediterranean Music5. Europe Bound: Shooting "Illegals" at Sea6. Heading Home: Post-Mortem Road NarrativesConclusion: "White Sea of the Middle" or "Wide Sea to Meddle In"?NotesBibliographyFilmographyDiscographyWorks CitedIndex

"Ex-Centric Migrations is crucial reading for scholars and students of contemporary Maghrebi, French, and Spanish literatures and cultures. It breaks new ground by encompassing the literature, film, and music of "return migration" and examining the trajectories of Maghrebi migration outside France."—H-France" Ex-Centric Migrations plunges the reader into a tour de force across radically divergent artistic responses to Mediterranean migration. Indeed, the book offers the additional benefit of critically engaging the burgeoning transdisciplinarity of Mediterranean Studies . . . In its fresh, long view of Mediterranean cinema, literature, and music, the book conveys, much like the primary sources it examines, a sustained reflection on alternative, ex-centric migrations. "—Bulletin of Francophone Postcolonial Studies"Hakim Abderrezak convincingly illustrates how politically committed artistic practices serve to humanize the challenges of human migration, and in the process dramatically improves our understanding of the complex cultural, economic, political, and social realities that shape 21st-century existence."—Dominic Thomas, author of Africa and France: Postcolonial Cultures, Migration, and Racism