The Routledge Handbook of Refugee Narratives

This Handbook explores transnational and interdisciplinary refugee narratives, challenging dominant representations and examining how they shape socio-political landscapes. It includes a range of storytelling modalities and is of interest to researchers, teachers, students, and practitioners.

Format: Hardback
Length: 510 pages
Publication date: 17 February 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive Handbook delves into the transnational and interdisciplinary exploration of refugee narratives, offering a broad perspective on the subject matter. It challenges the conventional definitions of who can be considered a refugee and what constitutes a narrative, encompassing a diverse range of forcibly displaced individuals, diverse geographical and historical contexts, and various storytelling modalities. Through a meticulous analysis of novels, poetry, memoirs, comics, films, photography, music, social media, data, graffiti, letters, reports, eco-design, video games, archival remnants, and ethnography, the individual chapters challenge dominant representations of refugees as voiceless victims. Moreover, this Handbook examines the key characteristics and thematic elements of refugee narratives, shedding light on how refugee cultural productions shape and are shaped by socio-political landscapes. This resource is of immense interest to researchers, educators, students, and practitioners who are dedicated to engaging with refugee narratives in the contemporary context.

The Open Access version of this Handbook, accessible at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made freely available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Weight: 1140g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367674762