1st Edition
Migrants and Refugees at UK Borders Hostility and ‘Unmaking’ the Human
Preface: Hostility as Affective Imperialism
Chapter 1: Borders and Non-Hominization: Hostility and Unmaking of the Human
Chapter 2: The Migrant ‘Other’: Animality, Monstrosity and Non-Hominization
Chapter 3: Calais at the Margins of Civilization: The Jungle and the Racialized ‘Migrant’
Chapter 4: Migrant Channel Crossings: Death, Drowning and ‘Invasions’ in Boats
Chapter 5: Immigration Incarceration and Detention Estates: Languishing Bodies, Entrapment and Resistance
Chapter 6: ‘Razor-Wire and Abject Flesh’: Wounded Bodies, Trauma and the ‘Migrant Crisis’
Chapter 7: Children of the ‘Jungle’: The Child Refugee and the Hostile Environment
Chapter 8: The Vietnamese ‘Box(ed)’ People: Entombment, Lorry Deaths and Irregular Migration
Chapter 9: Conclusion: Empire, Hostility and the Other
Biography
Yasmin Ibrahim is Professor in Digital Economy and Culture at Queen Mary, University of London. Her ongoing research on new media technologies explores the cultural dimensions and social implication of the diffusion of ICTs in different contexts and its implications for humanity. She also writes extensively on race, migration, border controls, Islam and terrorism.
