Perera Survival Media

The Politics and Poetics of Mobility and the War in Sri Lanka
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-44464-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 133 Seiten

Reihe: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies

Through the narratives and movements of survivors of the war in Lanka these interconnected essays develop the concept of 'survival media' as embodied and expressive forms of mobility across borders.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Perera, S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations
Series Editor's Foreword
In Lieu of...
Preface: The Location of the Aftermath
Introduction: Lethal Imaginaries of Nationalism: A Brief History in Checkpoints
1. Lines of Flight: Survival Media
2. Missing In Action: By All Media Necessary
3. White Shores of Longing: Castaway Stories and Nation Dramas
4. Accounting For Disposable Lives: Visibility, Atrocity and International Justice
5. Territory of Ashes: A Disjointed Unfolding
Conclusion: 'From what has happened to what will come'
Afterword
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Suvendrini Perera is Professor of Cultural Analysis at Curtin University, Australia. Her previous books include Reaches of Empire: The English Novel from Edgeworth to Dickens and Australia and the Insular Imagination: Beaches, Borders, Boats and Bodies. Her most recent publication is the coedited volume At the Limits of Justice: Women of Colour on Terror (with Sherene Razack).