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Podcasts on migration, asylum and border crossing
The following are a selection of podcasts that help understand migrant issues, asylum seeking and border crossing. Some look at the macro and others consider individual stories. Immigration and Asylum Bureaucratic war cracking down on immigration and asylum seekers … Continue reading
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Tagged Asylum seeking, border, Central American Migration, Immigration, Mexican Immigration, Podcasts, US foreign policy, US-Mexican Border
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Screen Violence: A Reflection
I recently blogged about how war photographs are used as a way of efficient storytelling in a Portuguese film (http://www.niamhthornton.net/death-on-film-how-far-can-you-go/). In response to that I had some interesting discussions on Twitter and a decision with Fiona Noble to write blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Bordertown, Pacific Rim, The Virgin of Juarez, US-Mexican Border, Violence
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Music, stars and racialised bodies
Today, I am going to Maynooth to give a paper called “Who Made You the Centre of the Universe? Stardom and Racialized Bodies on the Borderland” to a group of Masters’ students and staff at the Hispanic studies department. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Female rappers, femicide, feminicide, Juárez, Mexico, Narcocorridos, US-Mexican Border
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What I’m Talking About when I Write About Women and Mexicans*
I wrote a blog on Mexicans as Violent Narcos in Breaking Bad some weeks ago, but felt uneasy about it afterwards. I felt a similar sense of unease about an earlier post about Miss Bala. This was further sparked after listening … Continue reading
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Tagged Anita Sarkeesian, Breaking Bad, Dolores Tierney, Emilio Fernández, Hunger Games, Juan J. Alonzo, Mexicans on TV, Miss Bala, Modern Family, Sofía Vergara, Speedy Gonzalez, Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, True Grit, US-Mexican Border
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Mexicans as Violent Narcos in Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad is a high quality drama created by Vince Gilligan which follows the story of Walt (Bryan Cranston) who, when diagnosed with lung cancer, decides to become a methamphetamine cook. This decision is justified through the lack of affordability … Continue reading
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Tagged Breaking Bad, Los cuates de Sinaloa, Mexicans on TV, Narcocorridos, Narcos, US-Mexican Border
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