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• Select Stitching the Cloths of Serial Migrant Life: The Quilts of Barbara James.

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  Stitching the Cloths of Serial Migrant Life: The Quilts of Barbara James.

  Author:Susan OssmanFrom:Borderlands (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20197,213 words Article 1440LIn this article, I study the quilting practice of Barbara James to investigate the making of serial migrant subjects. Serial migrants are not from a single place, nor do they travel in the same direction (Ossman 2004)....
• Select Art and Contemporary Irish Emigrants: Aesthetics and Networks of Affect in David Monahan's 'Leaving Dublin'.

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  Art and Contemporary Irish Emigrants: Aesthetics and Networks of Affect in David Monahan's 'Leaving Dublin'.

  Author:Rachel L. WilliamsFrom:Borderlands (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20197,767 words Article 1400LIntroduction When the financial crisis hit Ireland in 2008, the effect on emigration was immediate. Between 2008 and 2009, the number of emigrants leaving the Republic of Ireland increased by 40% (CSO 2009). For...
• Select Il volo. Wim Wenders' short documentary on hybrid space in Calabrian shrinking cities.

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  Il volo. Wim Wenders' short documentary on hybrid space in Calabrian shrinking cities.

  Author:Inge LanslotsFrom:Borderlands (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20193,634 words Article 1680LThe present paper proposes an analysis of Wim Wenders' Il volo (2010), which could be translated as Flight. This short documentary film shows how 300 immigrants, who had debarked on the Ionic side of Italy, were welcomed...
• Select 'White queens' and 'Nubian fiends': Early Italian American fiction and the problem of colonialism.

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  'White queens' and 'Nubian fiends': Early Italian American fiction and the problem of colonialism.

  Author:Andrea CiribucoFrom:Borderlands (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20198,174 words Article 1530LThe article analyses the transatlantic influence of colonialist discourse regarding Italian colonial wars in East Africa, by focusing on literary texts. Research on Italian-language newspapers and political activism in...
• Select Travelling Narratives and Images in Times of Migration.

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  Travelling Narratives and Images in Times of Migration.

  Authors:Sigrun Asebo, Anje Muller Gjesdal, and Camilla SkalleFrom:Borderlands (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20193,194 words Article 1500LMigrant narratives and aesthetic practices influenced by experiences of exile and migration constitute a growing field in contemporary art and literature. Current trends in migration and globalisation have led to an...
• Select The Quest for Identity Through Bodily Pain. Female Abjection in the literary work of Igiaba Scego.

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  The Quest for Identity Through Bodily Pain. Female Abjection in the literary work of Igiaba Scego.

  Author:Camilla SkalleFrom:Borderlands (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20196,588 words Article 1620LThis article addresses how (cultural) identity in Igiaba Scego's literary works is achieved through a struggle of bodily pain. Narrating from a female point of view, Scego explores in depth the female migrant condition...
• Select Travelling toponymy. The contribution of place names to the textual representation of place and memory in Abdellah Taia's Une melancolie Arabe.

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  Travelling toponymy. The contribution of place names to the textual representation of place and memory in Abdellah Taia's Une melancolie Arabe.

  Author:Anje Muller GjesdalFrom:Borderlands (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20196,528 words Article 1540LNarratives of exile and migration pose important questions related to the role of language in the representation of space, both that of home and away as well as sites of transit. This article argues that the...