Ex-Centric Migrations

<p><i>Ex-Centric Migrations </i>examines cinematic literary and musical representations of migrants and migratory trends in the western Mediterranean. Focusing primarily on clandestine sea-crossings Hakim Abderrezak shows that despite labor and linguistic ties with the colonizer migrants from the Maghreb (Morocco Algeria and Tunisia) no longer systematically target France as a destination but instead aspire toward other European countries notably Spain and Italy. In addition the author investigates other migratory patterns that entail the repatriation of émigrés. His analysis reveals that the films novels and songs of Mediterranean artists run contrary to mass media coverage and conservative political discourse bringing a nuanced vision and expert analysis to the sensationalism and biased reportage of such events as the Mediterranean maritime tragedies.</p>