Table Of ContentMediating Migration
Global Media and Communication
Adrian Athique, Indian Media
Jean K. Chalaby, The Format Age
Terry Flew, Global Creative Industries
Myria Georgiou, Media and the City
Radha Sarma Hegde, Mediating Migration
Noha Mellor, Khalil Rinnawi, Nabil Dajani and Muhammad I.
Ayish, Arab Media
Shani Orgad, Media Representation and the Global Imagination
Stylianos Papathanassopoulos and Ralph Negrine, European Media
Mediating Migration
RADHA SARMA HEGDE
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To Krishna, who has journeyed with me.
Contents
Acknowledgments viii
1 Introduction 1
2 Legitimacy: Accumulating Status 21
3 Recognition: Politics and Technologies 39
4 Publics: Eyeing Gender 53
5 Domesticity: Digital Visions and Versions 69
6 Authenticity: Pursuits of Auras 86
7 Conclusion: Destinations and Beginnings 106
Notes 123
References 132
Index 153
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Acknowledgments
This book has emerged from my long- standing scholarly interest in the poli-
tics and narratives of migration. Writing the book has itself been a journey
of sorts, on which I have been sustained and supported by many. The chap-
ters all grew and developed from conversations with colleagues and friends,
lectures in classes, discussions with students, and presentations delivered at
various academic institutions.
For some years now, I have been teaching on the subjects of migration,
media, and globalization. These courses have served as a testing ground for
many of the ideas presented in this book. I wish to acknowledge my gradu-
ate and undergraduate students at New York University who have been
intellectually curious, responsive, and involved with my work.
Each of the chapters was shaped over the course of an academic and
social journey. I am deeply appreciative of the scholars who have engaged
and invited me to present my work when it was still evolving and in for-
mation. These interactions have been crucial to the completion of this
book. Many of the ideas in the introduction were shaped in two keynote
addresses that I delivered, the first at a conference arranged by the Academy
of Finland, and the next at the Nordic Network for Media and Migration,
University of Helsinki. My thanks to Karina Horsti, Minna Aslama, and
Petteri Pietikäinen. The ideas for chapter 2 were inspired by my meetings
with young undocumented activists in New York City. I presented the
arguments of this chapter in a panel at the International Communication
Association conference along with Karina Horsti, Mirca Madianou, Tanja
Thomas, and Elke Grittmann, to all of whom I extend my thanks. Parts of
chapter 3 were presented at St. Louis University at Madrid and also at the
University of Western Washington. My thanks to Brian Goss, Rae Lynn
Schwartz- DuPre, Angharad Valdivia, Cameron McCarthy, and Natalie
Fenton for their engagement with the ideas and arguments presented in
that chapter. Parts of chapter 4 have also been presented at Freie Universität
Berlin, where I deeply value the collegiality of Margreth Lünenborg and
Elfriede Fürsich. Chapter 5 took shape in presentations at the University
of Wisconsin, Madison, at the Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference
in Paris, and at the Diasporic Foodways Conference at the University of
Toronto. My thanks to Ajaya Sahoo and the referees for valuable editorial
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