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Bringing together scholars and practitioners from a range of
disciplinary backgrounds working in Europe, North and South
America, South Asia and the Middle East, this volume explores the
question of how to ensure that migration research feeds back into
improving the lives of migrants. It emphasises the necessarily
interdisciplinary and cross-boundary nature of migration research,
offering methodological recommendations to anyone studying or
working in the field, and showing how migration studies can
usefully affect real contexts by better exploring the potential
that exists for both bridging academic disciplines and building
links with work that occurs beyond strictly academic forums.
Organised around the themes of methodological considerations and
interdisciplinary approaches, the experiences of migrants as
researchers and interaction between practitioners, policy-makers
and academics, Migration Across Boundaries discusses the realities
of the discourses that surround international migration, examining
the proper role of academia in bringing together a range of
stakeholders to formulate dialogic approaches to understanding
migration. An international and interdisciplinary contribution to
our understanding of how research in migration can be brought to
bear on the experiences of migrants and linked to the work of
activists, artists and policy-makers, this book will appeal not
only to scholars and students of migration across the social
sciences, but also to those working in the fields of migrant
advocacy and activism.
Bringing together scholars and practitioners from a range of
disciplinary backgrounds working in Europe, North and South
America, South Asia and the Middle East, this volume explores the
question of how to ensure that migration research feeds back into
improving the lives of migrants. It emphasises the necessarily
interdisciplinary and cross-boundary nature of migration research,
offering methodological recommendations to anyone studying or
working in the field, and showing how migration studies can
usefully affect real contexts by better exploring the potential
that exists for both bridging academic disciplines and building
links with work that occurs beyond strictly academic forums.
Organised around the themes of methodological considerations and
interdisciplinary approaches, the experiences of migrants as
researchers and interaction between practitioners, policy-makers
and academics, Migration Across Boundaries discusses the realities
of the discourses that surround international migration, examining
the proper role of academia in bringing together a range of
stakeholders to formulate dialogic approaches to understanding
migration. An international and interdisciplinary contribution to
our understanding of how research in migration can be brought to
bear on the experiences of migrants and linked to the work of
activists, artists and policy-makers, this book will appeal not
only to scholars and students of migration across the social
sciences, but also to those working in the fields of migrant
advocacy and activism.
This volume examines the films of Hispanic and Lusophone women
filmmakers from the 1930s to the present day. It establishes
productive connections between film practices across these
geographical areas by identifying common areas of concern on the
part of these female filmmakers. Focusing on aesthetic, theoretical
and socio-historical analyses, it questions the manifest or latent
gender and sexual politics that inform and structure the emerging
cinematic productions by women filmmakers in Portugal, Spain, Latin
America and the US. With a combination of scholars from the UK, the
US, Spain and Latin America, the volume documents and interprets a
fascinating corpus of films made by Hispanic and Lusophone women
and proposes research strategies and methodologies that can expand
our understanding of socio-cultural and psychic constructions of
gender and sexual politics. An essential resource to rethink
notions of gender identity and subjectivity, it is a unique
contribution to Spanish and Latin American Film Studies and Film
Studies. -- .
What does the portrayal of gender in film reveal about Spanish
society? To what extent and in what ways does cinema contribute to
constructions of national and regional identity? How does gender
interact with ethnicity, class, politics and history?Gender and
Spanish Cinema addresses these questions and more in its
examination of twentieth-century film. Defining 'gender' in its
broadest sense, the authors discuss topics such as body,
performance, desire and fantasy. Gender is not considered in
isolation, but is discussed in relation to nationalism, race,
memory, psychoanalyisis and historical context. The chapters are
wide-ranging, dealing with subjects such as Buuel, cinema under
Franco, 1950s melodrama and Pedro Almodvar.Bringing together
leading academics from the UK, US and Spain, this volume examines
the diversity of gender representation in Spanish cinema through a
range of genres. A filmography and illustrations enhance the text.
What does the portrayal of gender in film reveal about Spanish
society? To what extent and in what ways does cinema contribute to
constructions of national and regional identity? How does gender
interact with ethnicity, class, politics and history?Gender and
Spanish Cinema addresses these questions and more in its
examination of twentieth-century film. Defining 'gender' in its
broadest sense, the authors discuss topics such as body,
performance, desire and fantasy. Gender is not considered in
isolation, but is discussed in relation to nationalism, race,
memory, psychoanalyisis and historical context. The chapters are
wide-ranging, dealing with subjects such as Buuel, cinema under
Franco, 1950s melodrama and Pedro Almodvar.Bringing together
leading academics from the UK, US and Spain, this volume examines
the diversity of gender representation in Spanish cinema through a
range of genres. A filmography and illustrations enhance the text.
"A Different Light" is the first in-depth study of the work of
Sebastiao Salgado, widely considered the greatest documentary
photographer of our time. For more than three decades, Salgado has
produced thematic photo-essays depicting the massive human
displacement brought about by industrialization and conflict. These
projects usually take years to complete and include pictures from
dozens of countries. Parvati Nair offers detailed analyses of
Salgado's best-known photo-essays, including "Workers" (1993) and
"Migrations" (2000), as well as Genesis, which he began in 2004.
With "Genesis," Salgado has turned his lens from human turmoil to
those parts of the planet not yet ravaged by modernity.
Interpreting the photographer's oeuvre, Nair engages broad
questions about aesthetics, history, ethics, and politics in
documentary photography. At the same time, she draws on
conversations with Salgado and his wife and partner, Lelia Wanick
Salgado, to explain the significance of the photographer's life
history, including his roots in Brazil and his training as an
economist; his perspectives; and his artistic method. Underpinning
all of Salgado's major projects is a concern with displacement,
exploitation, and destruction--of people, communities, and land.
Salgado's images exalt reality, compelling viewers to look and,
according to Nair, to envision the world otherwise.
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