Since 2015, the 'refugee crisis' is possibly the most photographed
humanitarian crisis in history. Photographs taken, for instance, in
Lesvos, Greece, and Bodrum, Turkey, were instrumental in generating
waves of public support for, and populist opposition to "welcoming
refugees" in Europe. But photographs do not circulate in a vacuum;
this book explores the visual economy of the 'refugee crisis,'
showing how the reproduction of images is structured by, and
secures hierarchies of gender, sexuality, and 'race,' essential to
the functioning of bordered nation-states. Taking photography not
only as the object of research, but innovating the method of
photographia- the material trace of writing/ grafi with light/
phos- this book urges us to view images and their reproduction
critically. Part theoretical text, part visual essay, Reproducing
Refugees vividly shows how institutional violence underpins both
the spectacularity and the banality of 'crisis.' This book goes
about synthesising visual studies with queer, feminist,
postcolonial, post-structuralist, and post-Marxist theories:
Reproducing Refugees: Photographia of a Crisis offers theoretical
frameworks and methodological tools to critically analyse
representations, both those circulated through hegemonic
institutions, and those generated from 'below'. It carves a space
between logos and praxis , ways of knowing and ways of doing, by
offering a new visual language that problematises reified
categories such as that of the 'refugee' and makes possible
disruptive, alternative, resistant perceptions . The book
contributes to the fields of migration and border studies,
critically engaging visual narratives drawn from migration
movements to question dominant categories and frameworks, from a
decolonial, no-borders, queer feminist perspective.
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