{"title":"Reporting Violence and Naming Migrants in Assam","authors":"M. Iqbal","doi":"10.1002/9781119236771.ch21","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"‘Immigrant’ is not a term only defined by the phenomenon of migration but by the immediate context of it as well. ‘Immigrant’ is not just a figure of mobility but of transgression and subversion too. Looking into episodes of violence in the Bodoland region of Assam, this chapter explores everyday newspaper debate about border, migration, violence and mobility. ‘Immigrant’ is not just a name but produces a network of name and system of naming which legitimizes certain politics and discrimination in everyday life. The aporia of modernity, the celebration of mobility and cruelty of border, is exemplified in a post-colonial country like India.","PeriodicalId":369755,"journal":{"name":"The Handbook of Diasporas, Media, and Culture","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Handbook of Diasporas, Media, and Culture","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119236771.ch21","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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‘Immigrant’ is not a term only defined by the phenomenon of migration but by the immediate context of it as well. ‘Immigrant’ is not just a figure of mobility but of transgression and subversion too. Looking into episodes of violence in the Bodoland region of Assam, this chapter explores everyday newspaper debate about border, migration, violence and mobility. ‘Immigrant’ is not just a name but produces a network of name and system of naming which legitimizes certain politics and discrimination in everyday life. The aporia of modernity, the celebration of mobility and cruelty of border, is exemplified in a post-colonial country like India.
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