
Poetics of the Migrant
Migrant Literature and the Politics of Motion
Kevin Potter(Author)
Edinburgh University Press
Published on 17. October 2023
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-1-3995-2499-5 (ISBN)
Description
Since the 1980s, readers and scholars alike have celebrated migrant literature for not only depicting migration, but for inspiring reflections on class, race, gender, nations, and mobility. But, beyond depicting migration, is it possible for migrant literature to be a force of movement itself? Poetics of the Migrant calls upon the philosophy of movement and a counter-history of migration to invent a theory and method for analysing migrant literature. The text uncovers patterns of movement that migrant texts enact and create - in other words, a movement-oriented poetics. Poetics of the Migrant understands movement as the defining force of human history; and the migrant is the primary figure of cultural and political transformation. Migrant literature makes it possible to transform how we process and interpret social history through social motion. Perhaps, from here, we can imagine a different world: one where movement and migrancy are legible and thinkable.
Reviews / Votes
We are living through one of the largest human migrations ever recorded, and among our thoughts should be the pathos and creativity of its travellers, treated here with admiration and scholarly dedication. Proposing a unique movement-oriented methodology for making sense of the vast literary and poetic innovations happening all around us, this brilliant, well-researched and lucid book will be cited for years to come. -- Thomas Nail, University of DenverMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
1 black and white illustration, 1 black and white table
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
720 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3995-2499-5 (9781399524995)
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Person
Kevin Potter is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Vienna, working in the broad domains of literary studies and critical theory. His published work has engaged migration and diaspora through a variety of theoretical lenses and has appeared in ARIEL, Poetics Today, Deleuze and Guattari Studies, New Formations, and Incontri. His public writing has appeared in Jacobin, ROAR Magazine, Monthly Review, The Millions, and Dissident Voice.
Author
Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of English and American StudiesUniversity of Vienna
Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Toward a Movement-Oriented Poetics
Part I
1. How Kinopoetics Works
2. Movement Interventions
Part 2
3. Destructive Kinopoetics
4. Wandering Kinopoetics
5. Stuttering Kinopoetics
ConclusionReferencesIndex
Introduction: Toward a Movement-Oriented Poetics
Part I
1. How Kinopoetics Works
2. Movement Interventions
Part 2
3. Destructive Kinopoetics
4. Wandering Kinopoetics
5. Stuttering Kinopoetics
ConclusionReferencesIndex