Writing against expulsion in the post-war world : making space for the human

Writing against expulsion in the post-war world : making space for the human / David Herd.

Herd tells a pre-history of the Hostile Environment, returning to a period, following the Second World War, when the brutal consequences of a politics of expulsion were visible. The book is a deep defence of human rights at a moment when such rights are under attack. It shows how we can resist and t...

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Main Author: Herd, David (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Series:Oxford mid-century studies.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Immigrants in literature.
Deportation in literature.
Human rights in literature.
Deportation > History > 20th century.
Deportation.
Literature: history & criticism.
Literature.
History.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Herd tells a pre-history of the Hostile Environment, returning to a period, following the Second World War, when the brutal consequences of a politics of expulsion were visible. The book is a deep defence of human rights at a moment when such rights are under attack. It shows how we can resist and think beyond the politics of border and nation.
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2023.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191968471
0191968471
9780192872456
0192872451
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 31, 2023).

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