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Hakim Abderrezak - Ex-Centric Migrations - 9780253020659 - V9780253020659
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Ex-Centric Migrations

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Description for Ex-Centric Migrations hardcover. Num Pages: 284 pages, 4 maps, 17 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDFC; 1H; APFA; JFCA; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253020659
SKU
V9780253020659
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Hakim Abderrezak
Hakim Abderrezak is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Minnesota.

Reviews for Ex-Centric Migrations
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 ... Read more

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