‘Challenging the fences’: im-mobility, emotion, and (subverted) identities in Behrouz Boochani's No Friend but The Mountains (2018)

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Analysis highlights im-mobility and emotion in Boochani's narrative on refugees, suggesting new perspectives on identity.

Boochani's narrative showcases the emotional impacts of illegal detention on refugees, urging a reevaluation of their experiences.
The analysis integrates concepts of im-mobility and identity, revealing the complexity of Boochani's subversion against anti-migrant narratives.
Digital storytelling allows Boochani to connect transnational audiences with the realities faced by refugees under oppressive border regimes.
The work positions itself as an 'emo-scope', emphasizing the intertwined experiences of emotion and identity in the refugee context.

Khaoula Zitouni (2025) studied this question.

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