Poetics of the Migrant: Migrant Literature and the Politics of Motion

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Kevin Potter (Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of English and American Studies, University of Vienna)

Poetics of the Migrant

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Migrant Literature and the Politics of Motion

Kevin Potter (Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of English and American Studies, University of Vienna)

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Edinburgh University Press
24 January 2024

Literary theory

Since the 1980s, readers and scholars alike have celebrated migrant literature for not only depicting migration, but for inspiring reflections on class, race, gender, nations, and mobility. But, beyond depicting migration, is it possible for migrant literature to be a force of movement itself? Poetics of the Migrant calls upon the philosophy of movement and a counter-history of migration to invent a theory and method for analysing migrant literature. The text uncovers patterns of movement that migrant texts enact and create

in other words, a movement-oriented poetics. Poetics of the Migrant understands movement as the defining force of human history; and the migrant is the primary figure of cultural and political transformation. Migrant literature makes it possible to transform how we process and interpret social history through social motion. Perhaps, from here, we can imagine a different world: one where movement and migrancy are legible and thinkable.

By: Kevin Potter (Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of English and American Studies University of Vienna)
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781399524995
ISBN 10: 1399524992
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 24 January 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Introduction: Toward a Movement-Oriented Poetics Part I 1. How Kinopoetics Works 2. Movement Interventions Part 2 3. Destructive Kinopoetics 4. Wandering Kinopoetics 5. Stuttering Kinopoetics ConclusionReferencesIndex

Kevin Potter is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Vienna, working in the broad domains of literary studies and critical theory. His published work has engaged migration and diaspora through a variety of theoretical lenses and has appeared in ARIEL, Poetics Today, Deleuze and Guattari Studies, New Formations, and Incontri. His public writing has appeared in Jacobin, ROAR Magazine, Monthly Review, The Millions, and Dissident Voice.

Reviews for Poetics of the Migrant: Migrant Literature and the Politics of Motion

We are living through one of the largest human migrations ever recorded, and among our thoughts should be the pathos and creativity of its travellers, treated here with admiration and scholarly dedication. Proposing a unique movement-oriented methodology for making sense of the vast literary and poetic innovations happening all around us, this brilliant, well-researched and lucid book will be cited for years to come. -- Thomas Nail, University of Denver