Examining how undocumented migrants are using film, video, and
other documentary media to challenge surveillance, detention, and
deportation As debates over immigration increasingly become
flashpoints of political contention in the United States, a variety
of advocacy groups, social service organizations, filmmakers, and
artists have provided undocumented migrants with the tools and
training to document their experiences. In The Undocumented
Everyday, Rebecca M. Schreiber examines the significance of
self-representation by undocumented Mexican and Central American
migrants, arguing that by centering their own subjectivity and
presence through their use of documentary media, these migrants are
effectively challenging intensified regimes of state surveillance
and liberal strategies that emphasize visibility as a form of
empowerment and inclusion. Schreiber explores documentation as both
an aesthetic practice based on the visual conventions of social
realism and a state-administered means of identification and
control. As Schreiber shows, by visualizing new ways of
belonging not necessarily defined by citizenship, these migrants
are remaking documentary media, combining formal visual strategies
with those of amateur photography and performative elements to
create a mixed-genre aesthetic. In doing so, they make political
claims and create new forms of protection for migrant communities
experiencing increased surveillance, detention, and deportation.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
March 2018 |
| First published: |
2018 |
| Authors: |
Rebecca M. Schreiber
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 51mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
360 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5179-0023-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-5179-0023-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781517900236 |
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