"Illegal" traveller : an auto-ethnography of borders / Shahram Khosravi.

By:

Khosravi, Shahram [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Global ethics seriesPublication details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.Description: x, 150 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780230230798
9780230336742

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

304.8

Contents:

Accustomed soil -- Border guards and border people -- The community of displacement -- The invisible border -- Homelessness -- We borders.

Summary: "In 'Illegal' Traveller, Shahram Khosravi explores the issue of borders and border crossing in the era of globalization and transnationalism, analysing how the naiton-state system regulates movements of people. In doing so, 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." -- Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	304.8 KHO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000010875		Dimitriadi, Angeliki

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-144) and index.

Accustomed soil -- Border guards and border people -- The community of displacement -- The invisible border -- Homelessness -- We borders.

"In 'Illegal' Traveller, Shahram Khosravi explores the issue of borders and border crossing in the era of globalization and transnationalism, analysing how the naiton-state system regulates movements of people. In doing so, 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." -- Publisher's description.