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Clerks of the Passage

12 Sep 2012

Migration stories, says Abou Farman, are often told through the personal struggles and travails of the migrant, ‘the great voyager figure of our most recent centuries, the harbinger of hybridity, the metaphor for risk, sacrifice, toil, abuse, inhumanity. And humanity.’ These are the stories (both horrific and redemptive) that we hear about in the news, in taxis and airports, in bars and corner coffee shops. They are both real and existential, shared, denied, argued about, internalized. Seldom are the threads of such narratives woven together and imbued with the originality of insight brought to the page by Farman. In some cases, money changes hands, fake ID cards are printed, military release papers are forged, and in secret meetings shivery with anxiety and excitement, a place and a time are whispered. On arrival, three magic words: “I am refugee.” Telling modern tales of transit, Farman ranges far and wide on the migratory map of human history, focusing on such themes as border posts and paradise, surveillance and passports, Third World Border Hysteria and homeland.
immigrants emigration and immigration émigration et immigration

Authors

Abou Farman

Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-152)
Control Number Identifier
CaOOCEL
Date published
2015.
Description conventions
rda
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
304.8/2
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
23
Distributor
Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
General Note
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
ISBN
9781927535042 9780987831743
LCCN
JV6035
LCCN Item number
F37 2012eb
Modifying agency
CaBNVSL
Original cataloging agency
CaOONL
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (152 pages)
Published in
Westmount, Quebec
Publisher or Distributor Number
CaOOCEL
Rights
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
System Control Number
(CaBNVSL)slc00235610 (OCoLC)907558306 (CaOOCEL)449610
System Details Note
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Transcribing agency
CaOONL

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