License to travel a cultural history of the passport
"Departing for a new life far away; fleeing from the dangers, the restrictions, or just the mundanity of familiar surroundings; enduring unwanted scrutiny in the backrooms of officialdom: some of the most dramatic scenes of a life story involve a passport. By examining the travel documents of artist...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2022]
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| Summary: | "Departing for a new life far away; fleeing from the dangers, the restrictions, or just the mundanity of familiar surroundings; enduring unwanted scrutiny in the backrooms of officialdom: some of the most dramatic scenes of a life story involve a passport. By examining the travel documents of artists, intellectuals, ancient messengers, and modern migrants, License to Travel tells how these seemingly humble documents also implicate us--our emotions and imaginings--in some of the most sweeping transformations of human history: the emergence of the nation-state, of international relations, of government surveillance, of refugee crises, and of our global interconnectedness"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 230 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520375857 0520375858 |
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