Illegalized immigration is a highly iconic topic. The public perception of the current regime for mobility is profoundly shaped by visual and verbal images. As the issue of illegalized immigration is gaining increasing political momentum, the authors feel it is a well-warranted undertaking to analyze the role of images in the creation of illegalization. Their aim is to trace the visual processes that produce these very categories.
The authors aim to map out an iconography of illegalized immigration in relation to political, ethical, and aesthetic discourses. They discuss the need to project new images as well as the dangers of giving persons without legal papers an individual face. Illegalization is produced by law, but naturalized through the everyday use of images. The production of law, on the other hand, is also driven by both mental and materialized images. A critical iconology may help us to see these mechanisms.
| ISBN: | 9783837615371 |
| Publication date: | 15th November 2010 |
| Author: | Christine Bischoff, Francesca Falk, Sylvia Kafehsy |
| Publisher: | Transcript an imprint of transcript Verlag |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 176 pages |
| Series: | Image |
| Genres: |
Theory of art History of art National liberation and independence Philosophy: aesthetics Cultural studies Media studies Migration, immigration and emigration Globalization Sociology Social and cultural anthropology |
Illegalized immigration is a highly iconic topic. The public perception of the current regime for mobility is profoundly shaped by visual and verbal images. As the issue of illegalized immigration is gaining increasing political momentum, the authors feel it is a well-warranted undertaking to analyze the role of images in the creation of illegalization. Their aim is to trace the visual processes that produce these very categories.
The authors aim to map out an iconography of illegalized immigration in relation to political, ethical, and aesthetic discourses. They discuss the need to project new images as well as the dangers of giving persons without legal papers an individual face. Illegalization is produced by law, but naturalized through the everyday use of images. The production of law, on the other hand, is also driven by both mental and materialized images. A critical iconology may help us to see these mechanisms.
Images of Illegalized Immigration features in the following genres: Theory of art, History of art, National liberation and independence, Philosophy: aesthetics, Cultural studies, Media studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Globalization, Sociology, Social and cultural anthropology
Images of Illegalized Immigration is available in Paperback
Images of Illegalized Immigration was written by Christine Bischoff, Francesca Falk, Sylvia Kafehsy and published by Transcript an imprint of transcript Verlag
Images of Illegalized Immigration has 176 pages
Yes it is part of Image series