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Choreographies of Resistance: Mobile Bodies and Relational Politics (Geopolitical Bodies, Material Worlds) by Tarja Väyrynen; Eeva Puumala; Samu Pehkonen; Anitta Kynsilehto; Tiina Vaittinen is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Choreographies of Resistance examines bodies and their capacity for obstructive and resistant action in places and spaces where we do not expect to see it. Drawing on empirical research that considers cases on asylum seekers, beggars, undocumented migrants and migrant nurses, the book attests to the scope and diversity of corporeal resistance in the realm of politics. It is shown that bodies that are not assumed to have political agency can obstruct and resist the smooth functioning of disciplinary practices that nowadays form the core of migration policies. It is argued that the body is more than a mere target of politics. In so doing, the book contributes to the study of the political significance of movement, mobility and the nonverbal. The body opens up a space of political resistance and action. The resistant body poses a challenge that is both praxical and philosophical: it ultimately invites us to reconsider the meanings and content of political space, community and belonging.. ** Review In its close attention to the roles of bodies and events, the project is commendable for both scope and originality, and for the lines of novel scholarship that it opens…. Choreographies of

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Author

Tarja Väyrynen; Eeva Puumala; Samu Pehkonen; Anitta Kynsilehto; Tiina Vaittinen

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield International/Centre for European Policy Studies

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781783486731

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Social Science, Philosophy