This surprising global history of an indispensable document reveals
how the passport has shaped art, thought, and human experience
while helping to define the modern world.  In License
to Travel, Patrick Bixby takes the reader on a captivating journey
from pharaonic Egypt and Han-dynasty China to the passport controls
and crowded refugee camps of today. Along the way, you will:
 Peruse the passports of artists and intellectuals, writers
and musicians, ancient messengers and modern migrants. See
how these seemingly humble documents implicate us in larger
narratives about identity, mobility, citizenship, and state
authority. Encounter intimate stories of vulnerability and desire
along with vivid examples drawn from world cinema, literature, art,
philosophy, and politics. Witness the authority that travel
documents exercise over our movements and our emotions as we
circulate around the globe. Â With unexpected discoveries at
every turn, License to Travel exposes the passport as
both an instrument of personal freedom and a tool of government
surveillance powerful enough to define our very humanity.
General
Imprint: |
University of California Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
First published: |
2022 |
Authors: |
Patrick Bixby
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
248 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-39789-7 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-520-39789-4 |
Barcode: |
9780520397897 |
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