Cinematic Visual Representation of Refugee Journeys in Turkey in the Context of Precarious Class Dynamics
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2019-09-29
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In this article, I comparatively analyse the imagery of precarious class through the narration of refugee
journeys in Turkey for two different films, with an emphasis on the visuality of cinematic narration. Whilst
The Guest Aleppo to Istanbul (2017) by Andaç Haznedaroğlu and More by Onur Saylak certainly offer
different portrayals of refugees in Turkey, both reflect on the precarious class dynamics in the context of
migration and reveal the complex interplay of citizenship, meritocracy and suffering. By focusing on
precarious status, these fictional representations illustrate that the incoming non-citizens provide the
opportunity of self-reflexibility for the host community members and expose the fragility of the border between
the citizen-self and the refugee. I contend that such distinct comparative portrayals encompassing precarity
instead of humanity, as common ground between host and new arrival populations, necessarily requires
drawing upon a broader literature on the human conditions for politics of justice rather than pity.
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precarity, Turkey, representation, refugee, The Guest (Misafir), More (Daha), justice, pity, affection.
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17
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1
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17
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26