Choreographies of resistance : mobilities, bodies and politics / Tarja Väyrynen [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Väyrynen, Tarja, author.

Series:

Geopolitical bodies, material worlds.

Geopolitical Bodies, Material Worlds

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Political aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Immigrants--Political activity.

Immigrants.

Refugees--Political activity.

Refugees.

Agent (Philosophy).

Resistance (Philosophy).

Human body--Political aspects.

Human body.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.

Summary:

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..

Contents:

Introduction : choreography, mobility and politics

Exploring choreographies of resistance

Postcolonial space and entangled corporeal choreographies

Liminal space of relationality and disturbance

Urban space of mundane interaction

Conclusions : unfolding into the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783486731

1783486732