Visual Power, Representation and Migration Law Framing Migrants
Interrogates how the images of migrants and refugees effect the legitimacy of legal changes in the area of migration lawAnalyses the relationship between typical depictions of migrants and affective response of the viewers to these imagesExamines 5 selected archetypal migrant figures: the ‘genuine’...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Press
2024, ©2024
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Interrogates how the images of migrants and refugees effect the legitimacy of legal changes in the area of migration lawAnalyses the relationship between typical depictions of migrants and affective response of the viewers to these imagesExamines 5 selected archetypal migrant figures: the ‘genuine’ and ‘bogus’ asylum seeker, the mass, the invisible illegal, the other and the innocentExamines the relationship between legal interpretation, decision making and policy makingCompares perspectives from Australia, Europe and the USAIncludes 10 illustrations used by sources such as the Australian Government, electoral campaigns and major news sourcesThis book analyses the dominant imagery related to migration and illustrates how framing of migrants as subjects viewed through the lens of the host gaze positions them for exclusion and marginalisation. It focuses on comparative sources derived from public and media visual campaigns focusing on migration issues. It illustrates how the ethical gap that the host-centric way of looking creates results in the growing suspicion of the migrant and how this ethical gap broadens and impacts on the legal exclusion of migrants as legal subjects |
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| Physical Description: | 182 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4744-6000-2 978-1-4744-6001-9 |