ABSTRACT
This Handbook presents a transnational and interdisciplinary study of refugee narratives, broadly defined. Interrogating who can be considered a refugee and what constitutes a narrative, the thirty-eight chapters included in this collection encompass a range of forcibly displaced subjects, a mix of geographical and historical contexts, and a variety of storytelling modalities. Analyzing novels, poetry, memoirs, comics, films, photography, music, social media, data, graffiti, letters, reports, eco-design, video games, archival remnants, and ethnography, the individual chapters counter dominant representations of refugees as voiceless victims. Addressing key characteristics and thematics of refugee narratives, this Handbook examines how refugee cultural productions are shaped by and in turn shape socio-political landscapes. It will be of interest to researchers, teachers, students, and practitioners committed to engaging refugee narratives in the contemporary moment.
The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|50 pages
Storytelling
part II|50 pages
Genres and Conventions
chapter 8|13 pages
Refugees to Worker-Migrants
part III|52 pages
Visuality and Visibility
chapter 11|13 pages
If we do not Write Poetry, We will Die
part IV|50 pages
Mediation and Positionality
chapter 16613|12 pages
Up Close and Personal
chapter 15|11 pages
Applying Refugeecrit to Recent Middle Grade/Young Adult Children's Literature about Refugees
part V|50 pages
Border-Crossing
chapter 21617|11 pages
Border-Crossing, Identity, and Voice in Central American and U.S.-Central American Refugee Narratives
chapter 19|12 pages
To the Editor
part VI|38 pages
Health and (Dis)Ability
chapter 23|12 pages
“Many Hands Lighten the Load”
part VII|50 pages
Care and Kinship
chapter 30424|12 pages
Affecting Appeals
chapter 25|11 pages
Fearless Faces
chapter 26|13 pages
Queer Refugee Homemaking
chapter 27|12 pages
“Little Knowledges”
part VIII|40 pages
Land/Water Ecologies
chapter 30|12 pages
Being Indigenous and Refugee
part IX|50 pages
Spatiality and Cartographies
chapter 39431|12 pages
Alternative Spatial Imaginaries
chapter 32|11 pages
Letting Karst Mountains Bloom
part X|51 pages
Temporality and Futurity