What We Brought with Us

Things of Exile and Migration

192 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In exile and migration, the things that forcibly displaced people take with them become mobile testimonies of defiance, mourning, creativity, and rejuvenation. Through a series of scholarly essays and autobiographical vignettes, this richly illustrated volume draws on such observations to examine the meanings that possessions assume when they are wrenched from their original contexts. The contributors to this collection shine an intimate spotlight on those who are driven from their homes by conflict and forced into exile by authoritarian regimes. In so doing, the contributors underscore the necessity for civil societies to support academic freedom and the work done by critical thinkers worldwide.

• Reihe: The Academy in Exile Book Series
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• ISBN: 9783837671162
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.10.2024
• Größe: 22.5 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: transcript
• Herausgegeben von: Vanessa Agnew