Refugee Abyss

In defiance of the refugee abyss, this book presents the flesh of pained bodies and the breath of displaced voices, contributing to the thread of traces yet to be forged and the politics yet to emerge, in a world where Relation takes precedence.

List of contents

Introduction, 1. Open Wounds and Scars, 2. The Right of the Rightless, 3. The Nation-State as a Womb-Abyss, 4. The Refugee Abyss, 5. From Sea-camp to Metropole, 6. Poetics of Refuge, Conclusion

About the author

Hyab Teklehaimanot Yohannes, Lecturer in Forced Migration and Decolonial Education at the University of Glasgow, researches decoloniality, poetics, and political theory.

Product details

• Authors: Hyab Teklehaimanot Yohannes
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 22.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032567945
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3256794-5
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Studies in Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, LAW / Emigration & Immigration, Social issues & processes, Legal aspects of criminology, Social Law, Social and ethical issues, Civil rights & citizenship, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminal justice law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Civics and citizenship, Criminology: legal aspects, Asylum Law, Social law and Medical law