Session Description: Migration is a complex process and migrant experiences are diverse and dynamic. At the same time media representations of migration have largely tended to depict migrants, and the spaces they traverse, as unsophisticated and peripheral. These depictions of migration are intricately interwoven with notions of race, gender, urbanity, sexuality, material commodities, religion, nationality, entertainment, and class (to name a few).This session aims to explore the varied ways in which migration and migrant identies have been reproduced, revised, and challenged in popular culture. In particular, we hope that through a range of theoretical and empirical examples we will add depth and nuance to our understandings of the ways in which migrant spaces are represented and negotiated.
