The Aliens Within: Danger, Disease, and Displacement in Representations of the Racialized Poor

by Daniel Stein

Discrimination, stigmatization, xenophobia, heightened securitization - fear and blaming of "aliens within" - characterize the world infected by COVID-19. Such fears have a long cultural history, however, particularly in connecting pathology with race, poverty, and migration. This volume explores theory and narratives of disease, danger, and displacement through the lenses of cultural, literary, and film studies, historical representation, ethnics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110789744
• ISBN13: 9783110789744
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 365 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary