Fugitive Rhetorics in Media Representations of Sanctuary

Autor:	Oscar A. Mejía, Kent A. Ono
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Linguistics and Language Communication 0502 economics and business 05 social sciences 050602 political science & public administration 050207 economics Language and Linguistics 0506 political science
Zdroj:	Departures in Critical Qualitative Research. 9:111-115
ISSN:	2333-9497 2333-9489
DOI:	10.1525/dcqr.2020.9.1.111
Popis:	Representations of undocumented people on television shows such as The Fosters can impact how audiences understand contemporary issues concerning sanctuary and migrants. In this Critical Intervention forum essay, we examine the intricate representation of Ximena, a Latinx woman, and her struggle as an undocumented person who takes up sanctuary in a church to avoid being arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This televisual representation of Ximena highlights the need to incorporate the complexity of undocumented people's experiences into mainstream narratives. As activist scholars, in this brief essay we support, critique, and contextualize representations of undocumented people and sanctuary as part of the work that needs to be done to help challenge dehumanizing representations, laws and policies, and actions.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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