S. Perera

Survival Media (eBook, PDF)

The Politics and Poetics of Mobility and the War in Sri Lanka

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137444646
• Artikelnr.: 46924297

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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