Azala

The adventure

This ethnographic exploration of irregular migration from Western and Central Africa in Morocco deconstructs dehumanising narratives of a "migration crisis" and a "sub-Saharan problem" in politics of migration. The book provides an original focus on how migrants understood and experienced their entr...

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Gorde:
Egile nagusia: Bachelet, Sébastien
Formatua: Online
Hizkuntza:ingelesa
Argitaratua: Manchester University Press 2025
Gaiak:
agency; border-crossing; bordering; bordering regimes; Central Africa; epic journeys; ethnography; fortress Europe; gender; gender; hope; hostile environment; illegalisation; illegality; imaginaries; men; migrants; migration; migration crisis; moral; postcolonial; Rabat; sub-Saharan migration; temporality; transit migration; West Africa
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFH Migration, immigration and emigration
thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa::1HB North Africa::1HBM Morocco
thema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PB Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people::5PBC Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples
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Gaia:This ethnographic exploration of irregular migration from Western and Central Africa in Morocco deconstructs dehumanising narratives of a "migration crisis" and a "sub-Saharan problem" in politics of migration. The book provides an original focus on how migrants understood and experienced their entrapped mobility. The emic notion of "the adventure" at the heart of this study sheds light on a transformative, epic quest to carve out a better life and future. The book traces how young men from Western and Central Africa sought to assert themselves as agents of their own destinies, despite uncertain, illegalising processes. In steering away from aesthetics of despair and fearmongering narratives, the book brings new insights into inter-disciplinary debates (e.g. illegality, uncertainty, immobility, violence, suffering, transit, etc.). Such focus is essential to draw out the complexity and existential depth of (irregular) migrants' lives, journeys, and stories.

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