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04671aam a2200481 i 4500 001 86C281608FC011ECBA4AA6A62FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220217010136 008 200702t20202020vau b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020029899 020 $a 1509938346 020 $a 9781509938346 035 $a (OCoLC)1153014385 040 $a IEN/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d YUS $d CUV $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f------ 050 00 $a PN56.E59 $b B36 2020 082 04 $a 809.933554 $2 23 100 1 $a Banda, Fareda, $e author. 245 10 $a African migration, human rights and literature / $c Fareda Banda. 264 1 $a Oxford, UK ; $b Hart Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, $c 2020. 300 $a xxxvii, 340 pages ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "This innovative book looks at the topic of migration through the prism of law and literature. The author uses a rich mix of novels, short stories, literary realism, human rights and comparative literature to explore the experiences of African migrants and asylum seekers. The book is divided into two. Part one is conceptual and focuses on art activism and the myriad ways in which people have sought to 'write justice.' Using Mamdani's diasporas of slavery and colonialism, it then considers histories of migration across the centuries before honing in on the recent anti-migration policies of western states. Achiume is used to show how these histories of imposition and exploitation create a bond which bestows on Africans a "status as co-sovereigns of the First World through citizenship." The many fictional examples of the schemes used to gain entry are set against the formal legal processes. Attention is paid to life post arrival which for asylum seekers may include periods in detention. The impact of the increased hostility of receiving states is examined in light of their human rights obligations. Consideration is paid to how Africans navigate their post-migration lives which includes reconciling themselves to status fracture-taking on jobs for which they are over-qualified, while simultaneously dealing with the resentment borne of status threat on the part of the citizenry. Part two moves from the general to consider the intersections of gender and status focusing on women, LGBTI individuals and children. Focusing on their human rights and the fictional literature, chapter four looks at women who have been trafficked as well as domestic workers and hotel maids while chapter five is on LGBTI people whose legal and literary stories are only now being told. The final substantive chapter considers the experiences of children who may arrive as unaccompanied minors. Using a mixture of poetry and first person accounts, the chapter examines the post-arrival lives of children, some of whom may be citizens but who are continually made to feel like outsiders. The conclusion follows, starting with two stories about walls by Hadero and Lanchester which are used to illustrate the themes discussed in the book. Few African lawyers write about literature and few books and articles in Western law and literature look at books by or about Africans, so a book that engages with both is long overdue. Fascinating reading for academics, law, literature, gender and migration students, policy-makers and indeed the general public"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Artivism, Literature, Law and Justice -- Migration Histories -- Of Visas and Visions of a Better Life -- Women's Lives -- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities -- Children in Literature -- Conclusion -- Afterword. 650 0 $a Emigration and immigration in literature. 650 0 $a African diaspora in literature. 650 0 $a Law in literature. 650 0 $a Human rights in literature. 650 0 $a Africans $x Legal status, laws, etc. $z Foreign countries. 650 0 $a African diaspora. 650 7 $a African diaspora. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799755 650 7 $a African diaspora in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01902319 650 7 $a Emigration and immigration in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00908732 650 7 $a Emigration and immigration $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00908722 650 7 $a Human rights in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00963350 650 7 $a Law in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00994014 651 0 $a Africa $x In literature. $x In literature. 651 0 $a Africa $x Social aspects. $x Social aspects. 651 7 $a Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239509 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117022847.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=86C281608FC011ECBA4AA6A62FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search