This book examines both border policies and oppositional narratives of "the border," 2011–2021, demonstrating that the term designates not merely a line of territorial control but also a set of social relations shaped by persistent, racially differentiated colonial structures and, more rec...

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Main Author:	Chowdhury, Kanishka 1963- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cham, Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan [2023]
Series:	Politics of citizenship and migration
Subjects:	Human rights Culture—Study and teaching Emigration and immigration Soziale Gerechtigkeit Migrationspolitik Internationaler Vergleich Grenzpolitik
Summary:	This book examines both border policies and oppositional narratives of "the border," 2011–2021, demonstrating that the term designates not merely a line of territorial control but also a set of social relations shaped by persistent, racially differentiated colonial structures and, more recently, by neoliberal modes of accumulation. These relations are shown to determine access to wealth and/or resources and to enable the management of labor, the extraction of surplus, and the accumulation of capital. Discussion in the book is informed by the history of these policies and by the critical literature on borders. Various cultural texts focusing on two border zones—the US–Mexico and the EU–Southern Mediterranean—are analyzed: specifically, two novels, two films, and two murals examined in conjunction with amusic video. A path to a borderless future is suggested: an abolitionist refusal of border rules with an insistence on the necessity of abolition
Physical Description:	viii, 256 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:	9783031262159 9783031262180