Strangers, aliens, foreigners : the politics of othering from migrants to corporations /

To contend with others is to contend with ourselves. The way we "other" others, by identifying and reinforcing social distance, is more a product of who we are and who we want to be than it is about "others." Strangers, Aliens, Foreigners questions such consolidation and polariza...

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Other Authors: Sonnis-Bell, Marissa, Bell, David Elijah, Ryan, Michelle K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Series:At the interface/probing the boundaries
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Arbitrary Constructions and Real Consequences of the Self and Other / Marissa Sonnis-Bell
  • The Real People: Ethnohuman Speciation at the Intersection of Modern Western Multiculturalism, Human Rights, and 'Islamic' Terrorism / David Elijah Bell
  • My Foreign Self as Privileged Outsider: Differing Lines for Marginalization and Inclusion of Swiss Living Abroad / Aldina Camenisch and Seraina Müller
  • Invited In but Kept Out: Experiences of Skilled Afrikaans-Speaking South African Immigrants in Australia / Hanna Jagtenberg
  • Hostipitality in Post-War Society / Lana Pavić
  • Lost and Found in Limerick: Exploring the Experiences of Migrants Who Have Made Limerick Their Home / Michelle Ryan
  • Fighting against the Wind: Politics of 'The Local' and Corporate Othering in Community Activism against Wind Energy Installation in Upstate New York / Marissa Sonnis-Bell
  • 'Christmas is Cancelled': Controversy in Italian Schools (and Press) / Tommaso Trillò.