Emergency in Transit

Witnessing Migration in the Colonial Present

Eleanor Paynter

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English

University of California Press
26 November 2024

Refugees & political asylum; Migration, immigration & emigration; Politics & government

Series: Critical Refugee Studies

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.

Emergency in Transit responds to the crisis framings that dominate migration debates in the global north. This capacious, interdisciplinary study reformulates Europe's so-called ""migrant crisis"" from a sudden disaster to a site of contested witnessing, where competing narratives threaten, uphold, or reimagine migrant rights.

Focusing on Italy, a crucial port of arrival, Eleanor Paynter draws together testimonials from ethnographic research—alongside literature, film, and visual art—to interrogate the colonial, racial logics that inform emergency responses to migration. She also examines the media, discourses, policies, and practices that shape lived experiences of migration well beyond international borders. Centering the witnessing of Black Africans in Italy, Emergency in Transit reveals how this emergency apparatus operates and posits a vision of mobility that refutes the notions of crisis so often imposed on those who cross the Mediterranean Sea.

By: Eleanor Paynter
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 7
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780520402904
ISBN 10: 0520402901
Series: Critical Refugee Studies
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 26 November 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eleanor Paynter is Assistant Professor of Italian, Migration, and Global Media Studies at the University of Oregon.