'Welcome to Britain': The cultural politics of asylum

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-202

  Tyler, Imogen ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abjection; Asylum seeker; Critical and cultural theory; Giorgio Agamben; Humanitarian; Immigration; Judith Butler; Refugee; Sara Ahmed

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745989194     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: 14603551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367549406063163     Document Type: Article

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