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Mediating 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 polity Copyright © Radha Sarma Hegde 2016 The right of Radha Sarma Hegde to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in 2016 by Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 350 Main Street Malden, MA 02148, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 7456- 4632- 9 ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 7456- 4633- 6 (pb) A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Hegde, Radha Sarma, 1953- Title: Mediating migration / Radha S. Hegde. Description: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, [2015] | Series: Global media and communication | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015022617| ISBN 9780745646329 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 0745646328 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780745646336 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 0745646336 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Mass media and immigrants. | Mass media and social integration. | Mass media and culture. | Immigrants--Social networks. | Immigrants--Cultural assimilation. | Emigration and immigration--Social aspects. | Emigration and immigration--Technological innovations. Classification: LCC P94.5.I48 H44 2015 | DDC 302.23086/91--dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015022617 Typeset in 11 on 13pt Adobe Garamond Pro by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire Printed and bound in the UK by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY The publisher has used its best endeavors to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been inadvertently overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com 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 vii 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 viii
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