""Passport Photos" is a radiant text. It connects its own ironic
lyricism with an acute awareness of historical context, and is a
moving document of the questions posed by symbolic
migration."--Sara Suleri Goodyear, author of "Meatless Days
"Amitava Kumar brings his talents as a photographer, poet,
scriptwriter, and journalist to the job of critical commentary,
refusing to partition and delegate these skills to separate
provinces of his intellectual life. The result is an ethical voice
and a technical style that often defies our expectations of the
critical commentator. I find that voice and style immensely
appealing, no more so than in the multi-genre documentary work of
"Passport Photos. This is not a heavy-handed screed on the
conditions of immigrants. It is a sensuous guide to the common
contradictions and experiences faced by immigrants to the U.S.,
whether they are coming from the underside of the international
division of labor or from well-heeled and credentialed birthrights.
An undeniably original contribution to several academic and
journalistic fields, "Passport Photos will, I expect, be a
widely-acclaimed publication and much cited as a fresh
paradigm-shaker."--Andrew Ross, author of "The Celebration
Chronicles
"An important, timely, and unique book that seems to have
multiple lines of descent--as if postcolonial theory were
cross-pollinated with poetry, photojournalism, and memoir all at
once."--Michael Berube, author of "Life As We Know It: A Father, a
Family, and an Exceptional Child"
"Amitava Kumar is the most grounded of the postcolonial writers
today. "Passport Photos" is a brilliant illustration of his skills.
A must read for anybody interested in immigration,transnational
identities, and globalization."--Manthia Diawara, author of "In
Search of Africa
""Passport Photos" is a meditation on the modalities of the
immigrant: on language as law and record of living immigrant
dailiness; on place as a world one loses that gives rise to
identity and belonging; on knowledge as the possession of some and
not others, as what the immigrant can be but cannot have." Lisa
Lowe, author of "Immigrant Acts
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