Description
In a 'Europe without borders' that prides itself on multiculturalism while struggling desperately with racism, populated by ghettoized communities, refugee camps and zones of exclusion, two opposing paradigms characterise the discourses of migration: migrants as a problem, a parasite on the nation that disrupts social life, and mobility as the posi
About the Author
Juliet Steyn is Senior Tutor for Research at the Centre for Cultural Policy and Management, City University, London. Nadja Stamselberg is lecturer in Cultural Studies Centre,Regents University, London.
Reviews
This book breaks with any conventional notion of borders. It offers borders between and among people, among things, affects and truths; borders in space, in memory, in travel bags and personalities; borders proliferating, challenged and sustained. Artists in the midst of this, mediators across and inside a contested, creative but... violent and promiscuous cartography of European instability. Uncomfortable at home, but not at home, translated, not translated, art/not art, waste/value - this collection does not miss a trick.' John Hutnyk, Professor at the Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths University of London (UK) 'Breaching Borders is an exceptionally rich, diverse and challenging anthology that brings together those who are deeply involved and committed to rethinking assumptions of migrant identity as "waste" across many discourses, art practices, biennials, bioart, technology and disciplines.' Janis Jefferies, artist, writer and curator, Professor of Visual Arts in the Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London, and Co-curator of the Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art 2013,
Book Information
ISBN 9781780762593
Author Juliet Steyn
Format Hardback
Page Count 312
Imprint I.B. Tauris
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 534g