Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and index.
Contents:
Hospitable representations -- Refugees on film -- Staging asylum -- Asylum in a global era.
Summary:
'Contemporary Asylum Narratives' marks a transition from traditional modes of diasporic belonging to the need for identifications that encompass the statelessness of refugees and asylum seekers. This book explores representations of asylum seekers and refugees in twenty-first century literature, film and theatre.
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