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024	7		_a10.5040/9781509938377 _2doi
035			_a(OCoLC)1231610650
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cCaBNVSL _dCaBNVSL
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050		4	_aPN56.E59 _bB36 2020eb
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100	1		_aBanda, Fareda, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAfrican migration, human rights and literature / _cFareda Banda.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aLondon, England : _bZed Books, _c2020.
264		2	_a[London, England] : _bBloomsbury Publishing, _c2021
300			_a1 online resource (xxxviii, 340 pages).
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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.
506			_aAbstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers.
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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
530			_aAlso published in print.
532	0		_aCompliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588			_aDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 01, 2021).
650		0	_aEmigration and immigration in literature.
650		0	_aAfrican diaspora in literature.
650		0	_aLaw in literature.
650		0	_aHuman rights in literature.
650		0	_aAfricans _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zForeign countries.
650		0	_aAfrican diaspora.
650		7	_aLaw _2bicssc
651		0	_aAfrica _xEmigration and immigration _xIn literature.
651		0	_aAfrica _xEmigration and immigration _xSocial aspects.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aBanda, Fareda. _tAfrican migration, human rights and literature _dOxford, UK ; New York, N.Y. Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. _z9781509938346 _w(DLC) 2020029899
856	4	0	_3Abstract with links to full text _uhttps://doi.org/10.5040/9781509938377?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
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