Urban Marginality and the Affective Lives of Migrants: Representations in Film
Amrith, Megha, (2016). Urban Marginality and the Affective Lives of Migrants: Representations in Film. Third Text, 29(6), 459-472
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Sub-type Journal article Author Amrith, Megha Title Urban Marginality and the Affective Lives of Migrants: Representations in Film Appearing in Third Text Volume 29 Issue No. 6 Publication Date 2016-10-25 Place of Publication Online Publisher Taylor & Francis Start page 459 End page 472 Language eng Abstract This article examines urban migration and experiences of marginality and vulnerability in the context of neoliberal globalisation and increasingly precarious conditions of life and work. It will focus in particular on three films, which have powerfully addressed these themes: Last Train Home (Lixin Fan, 2009), Paper Dolls (Tomer Heymann, 2006) and I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2006). All three films are set in contexts of urban transition and transience. I take these films as social texts that reflect upon questions of marginality, the ways through which care and intimacy are expressed and how urban migrants might seek to overcome difficult conditions through agency and the force of their aspirations. This article seeks to consider the affective lives of migrants and the humanity that underlies experiences of urban hardship. Taken together, these films provide a comparative understanding of these themes of contemporary importance across different cities in the world. Keyword Migration Copyright Holder Taylor & Francis Copyright Year 2016 Copyright type All rights reserved DOI 09528822.2016.1236459 -
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