Terrorists at the Gates? Unauthorized Migrants and Discourses of Danger

JAWORSKY, Bernadette Nadya. Terrorists at the Gates? Unauthorized Migrants and Discourses of Danger. Migration Letters. 2011, vol. 8, No 1, p. 43-54. ISSN 1741-8984.

Basic information

• Original name: Terrorists at the Gates? Unauthorized Migrants and Discourses of Danger
• Authors: JAWORSKY, Bernadette Nadya (840 United States of America, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Migration Letters, 2011, 1741-8984.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50000 5. Social Sciences
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/11:00052025
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Keywords in English: Unauthorized migrants discourses of dangers terrorists

Abstract

This letter looks at public discourses about the 'dark side' of migration, its association with terror and danger. To understand these ‘discourses of danger’ and the ways in which unauthorized migrants respond, I utilize qualitative data collected over four years of research in a small U.S. city that has recently received a large influx of foreign born residents. I examine the ways in which unauthorized migrants, individually and collectively, frame and construct claims for social and political acceptance and the discursive survival strategies they employ in response to the growing incidence of physical and symbolic violence in their communities.

Links

• MUNI/A/0907/2010, interní kód MU: Name: Analytické využití teoretických konceptů v sociálních vědách (Acronym: ATHOS)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A