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Affective Bordering: The Emotional Politics of Migration, Race and Deservingness

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Affective Bordering: The Emotional Politics of Migration, Race and Deservingness

Contributors:

By (Author) Billy Holzberg

ISBN:

9781526172303

Publisher:

Manchester University Press

Imprint:

Manchester University Press

Publication Date:

30th October 2024

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Refugees and political asylum
Geopolitics

Dewey:

304.8

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

208

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 234mm

Description

Affective Bordering is an incisive exploration of the emotional politics of migration and borders. Billy Holzberg dives into the intricate interplay between emotions and migration governance, revealing how emotions work to reinforce racial, sexual, and national hierarchies. Examining pivotal events in Germany during the aftermath of the misnamed 'refugee crisis' in Germany, the book traces the construction of different emotions during key events of this period. Challenging the assumption that positive emotions like hope and empathy necessarily work as a counter to negative emotions like anger or fear, Affective Bordering reveals the racial grammars of deservingness that shape border governance today. Bringing together queer feminist theories of affect with postcolonial border and migration studies, the book offers a thought-provoking perspective on the reproduction and contestation of borders in todays world.

Author Bio

Billy Holzberg is Assistant Professor of Social Justice at Kings College London

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