Lampedusa in Europe; Or Touching Tales of Vulnerability
| Autor: | Minnaard, E., Boletsi, M., Houwen, J.J.M. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Languages of Resistance, Transformation, and Futurity in Mediterranean Crisis-Scapes ISBN: 9783030364144 Palgrave Studies in Globalization, Culture and Society, 145-162. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan STARTPAGE=145;ENDPAGE=162;TITLE=Palgrave Studies in Globalization, Culture and Society |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-36415-1_8 |
| Popis: | The name Lampedusa resonates meaning in multiple ways. Located at the outskirts of the European Union and place of refuge for a large number of refugees, the Mediterranean island Lampedusa has not only become a contemporary symbol for the so-called European refugee crisis, but also for the dramatic failure of the European Union’s current border and migration policy. This chapter questions and opposes the current interpretation of Lampedusa as a problematic and worrisome site at the European margins, and argues that Lampedusa should rather be seen as a heterotopian space at the heart of Europe and read as symptomatic for the European Union’s in many respects faltering neoliberal politics. It elaborates on this idea by analyzing the theatre text Lampedusa(2015) by the acclaimed young British playwright Anders Lustgarten. The chapter demonstrates how this Lampedusabrings two individuals’ struggles to endure the specific situations of ‘crisis’ they find themselves in together and prompts its readers to think about their narratives as “touching tales” – touching in the sense of equally emotionally charged (tales of insecurity, pain, loss, and fear) but also, importantly, touching in the sense of bordering on each other and interconnected in pivotal ways. |
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