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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785475703321

Autore

Trinh T. Minh-Ha (Thi Minh-Ha), <1952-, >

Titolo

Elsewhere, within here : immigration, refugeeism and the boundary event / / Trinh T. Minh-ha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-94279-3

1-136-94280-7

1-282-93042-7

9786612930423

0-203-84765-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 p.)

Disciplina

304.8

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration

Refugees

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreignness and the New Color of Fear; I The Traveling Source; Far Away, From Home: (The Comma Between); Other Than Myself, My Other Self; II Between Refuse and Refuge; An Acoustic Journey; Nature's r: A Musical Swoon; Voice Over I; The Paint of Music: A Performance across Cultures; III no end in sight; Mother's Talk; White Spring; Detroit: Incarcerated and Disappeared in the Land of the Free; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

World-renowned filmmaker and feminist, postcolonial thinker Trinh T. Minh-ha is one of the most powerful and articulate voices in both independent filmmaking and cultural politics.Elsewhere, Within Here is an engaging look at travel across national borders--as a foreigner, a tourist, an immigrant, a refugee-in a pre- and post-9/11 world. Who is welcome where? What does it mean to feel out of place in the country you call home? When does the stranger appear in these times of dark metamorphoses? These are some of the issues addressed by the author as she examines the cultural