Affective Bordering
Holzberg, Billy
Affective Bordering is an incisive exploration of the emotional politics of migration and borders. It explores how emotions shape migration and border policies, perpetuating racial, sexual, and national hierarchies. Billy Holzberg analyses key events in the wake of the misnamed 'refugee crisis' in Germany such as Angela Merkel's hopeful 'Wir schaffen das' speeches, the empathetic response to Alan Kurdi's photo, the anger and resentment after N...
