Finding the self in otherness: global journeys in autobiography
What happens when we work strictly within a genre or grouping? When it comes to literature, the outcome can be destructive and boring: we risk isolating creative works, huddling them too close together...
View ArticleGoverning Immigration Through Crime
Stanford University PressMarch 2013Purchase at Amazon A frequent argument against the pathway to citizenship is the one used by Senator Cruz in his closing statements before the Senate Judiciary...
View ArticleThe Man on the Tube and the Community of Value
Reading Us and Them: the dangerous politics of immigration control by Bridget Anderson The UK immigration debate has always seemed a bit of a shrill theatre to me. Populist scaremongering from the...
View ArticleThe Stranger
This month NatCen reported that 77% of the British public “want to see a reduction in immigration” and more than half want immigration reduced “a lot”. The situation is more complex than these figures...
View ArticleFavorite Immigration Reads of 2014
If you’re anything like me, you mine these end-of-the-year book lists for your 2015 “to-read” list. So here’s an immigration-themed to-read list from the contributors here at The Migrationist that...
View ArticleFavorite Immigration Reads of 2015
Below are our favorite immigration reads of 2015. They range from fiction to non-fiction to short stories and memoir, and are geared to varying degrees of relaxation and contemplation for the library...
View Article“A place in the generous heart of America”: Reflecting on New York’s...
I moved to New York City seven months ago, and I’ve spent the last several weeks lugging an extra heavy bag onto the subway during my commutes. Besides my laptop, the main culprit is a 735-page...
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