Mediating Mobility: Visual Anthropology in the Age of Migration

by Steffen Köhn

Book Overview

Images have become an integral part of the political regulation of migration: they help produce categories of legality versus illegality, foster stereotypes, and mobilize political convictions. Yet how are we to understand the relationship between these images and the political in the discourse surrounding migration? How can we, as anthropologists, migration scholars, or documentary filmmakers visually represent people who are excluded from political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231178891
• ISBN13: 9780231178891
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Wallflower Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher