Navigating the Global Refugee Regime
Law, Myth, Story
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10890706 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mai-Linh K Hong (0000-0001-7807-7305, Bucknell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 34-48 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Amerasia Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-7471 • E-ISSN: 2642-0228 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00447471.2020.1776571 |
| OpenAlex | W3037844520 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This article engages in a cultural study of refugee law “from below,” that is, from the perspective of refugees. Bringing to bear insights from critical refugee studies, I argue that today’s global refugee regime is a gatekeeping apparatus that protects Global North wealth and borders, though this function is masked by humanitarian narratives. UNHCR articles and Mohsin Hamid’s novel Exit West, while contrasting examples, both demonstrate the fraught primacy of story in refugee law and politics. Refugee discourses proceed through navigational storytelling, as authors encounter, name, reframe, dodge, and challenge prevailing myths that paint the regime as care
Art · Criminology · Mythology · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Refugee · Refugee law · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Gender Studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |