Choreographies of Resistance : Mobile Bodies and Relational Politics
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Geopolitical Bodies, Material Worlds
ISBN-10
1783486732
ISBN-13
9781783486731
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield International
Imprint
Rowman & Littlefield International
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 7th, 2016
Print length
134 Pages
Weight
204 grams
Dimensions
15.40 x 22.90 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
Migration, immigration & emigrationPolitical science & theoryGeopolitics
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This book explores everyday, corporeal manifestations of agency and resistance amongst mobile groups who are not explicitly categorized as political actors
Choreographies of Resistance examines bodies and their capacity for obstructive and resistant action in places and spaces where we do not expect to see it. Drawing on empirical research that considers cases on asylum seekers, beggars, undocumented migrants and migrant nurses, the book attests to the scope and diversity of corporeal resistance in the realm of politics. It is shown that bodies that are not assumed to have political agency can obstruct and resist the smooth functioning of disciplinary practices that nowadays form the core of migration policies. It is argued that the body is more than a mere target of politics. In so doing, the book contributes to the study of the political significance of movement, mobility and the nonverbal. The body opens up a space of political resistance and action. The resistant body poses a challenge that is both praxical and philosophical: it ultimately invites us to reconsider the meanings and content of political space, community and belonging..
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