Public and Political Discourses of Migration - International Perspectives

Popular, political and media discourses frame the issue of migration and shape how and when it enters the public and political consciousness. These discourses are of crucial importance as they influence both the general public’s perception of migration and the policies which regulate both the act of migration itself and migrant residents. Public and Political Discourses of Migration brings together an interdisciplinary group of established and emerging scholars, whose work interrogates the relationship between discourse and migration. Through the application of a variety of theoretical lenses drawn from the broad canon of discourse studies, each contribution unpicks the productive power of discourse in shaping the reality of migration, migration policy and migrant lives in the twenty-first century. The cases examined emerge, as do their authors, from a wide spectrum of national, political and cultural contexts. They are linked by their fundamental questioning of ‘common sense’ and ahistorical approaches to migration. They address the question of whose interests are served by prevailing discourses and the structures they underpin. Ultimately, they ‘make strange’ accepted ‘truths’ regarding migration in the twenty-first century. - Geographically and culturally diverse authorship, presenting cases from across Europe, the Americas and the Middle East. - An interdisciplinary collection, extending beyond the social sciences to include musicology. - Includes case studies from Ireland, Italy, Israel, Britain, Greece, Britain, Spain, Canada and the United States.

Dedication / Acknowledgments / List of Figures / List of Tables / 1. In the Frame? Discourses of Migration: An Introduction to the Volume, Aileen Dillane, Martin J. Power, Amanda Haynes, Eoin Devereux and James Carr / 2. The Incorrigible Subject of the Border Spectacle, Nicholas de Genova / 3. Framing Lampedusa: Between Alarmism and Pietism - The Landing Issue in Italian Media Coverage of Migration, Marco Bruno / 4. “You Can’t Have Muslim Irish Children”. Media, Islamophobia and Ireland: Constructing Different Shades of Green., James Carr / 5. Drawing Discursive Boundaries in U.S. News Coverage of the “Honour Killing” of Noor Almaleki Autumn M. Reed / 6. Emotive Strategies and Affective Tactics in ‘Islam Night’, Tuuli Lähdesmäki and Tuija Saresma / 7. Being Part of the Irish ‘We’: The Experience of Return Migration for the Second Generation Irish From Britain, Sarah Hannafin / 8. Irregular Migrants in Ireland and the United States of America: Discursive Representations by Irish Parliamentary Members, Elaine Burroughs / 9. Explaining EU Migrant Workers: Irish Political Interventions in Public Discourse, Martin J. Power, Amanda Haynes and Eoin Devereux / 10. Print Media Framings of Those Blonde Roma Children, Aileen Marron, Ann Marie Joyce, James Carr, Eoin Devereux, Michael Breen, Martin J. Power and Amanda Haynes / 11. The “Salsa Factor”: Music and Dance as Identity among Undocumented Latino Labour Migrants in Israel, Moshe Morad / 12. “An Affirmation of Key Postmodernist Tendencies”: Musics, Apolitics, and Placebo Nostalgias Within the Greek-Speaking Diaspora of Birmingham (UK), Michalis Poupazis / 13. Frame and Agency: The Public Performance of a North West Cameroonian Group in Ireland, Sheryl Lynch / 14. Politics of Public Representation: A Franco-German Museum Exhibition on Images of Immigrants, Yannik Porsché / 15. Welcoming Nations? Hospitality as a Proxy for National Identity: A Consideration of British and Scottish Contexts, Emma Hill / 16. No Nos Vamos, Nos Echan: Multimodal Framing of Spanish Youth Unemployment and Labour Migration in Social Media, Uta Helfrich and Ana Mancera Rueda / 17. Conclusion: Opportunities for Resistance Through Discourse, Eoin Devereux, Aileen Dillane, Martin J. Power, Amanda Haynes and James Carr / List of Contributors / Bibliography / Index