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OBJECTIFIED MIGRANT IDENTITY THROUGH MULTIMODAL CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).25      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).25      Published : Mar 1

Objectified Migrant Identity Through Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis

Abstract

    The images of migrants have inundated our media lately. However, migrant representation has been largely done through the lens of ‘others’, mostly by the foreign-media, whereas the discourse on the localized version of reality is unaccounted for. This search for self-narrative led us to the analysis of photographic work of Aziz Hazara, an Afghan student of Fine Arts, who envisions migrants as equal to the ‘made-to-migrate’, ‘used’ and sometimes even ‘deformed’ toys from the flea market. The article highlights the portrayal and identity construction of migrants through the lens of an Afghan visual artist by excavating the discourse informing the analogy between the toys and the migrants along with the application of Paul Gee’s identity tool. A multimodal critical discourse analysis of the data reveals that toys ventrilocate the condition of the migrants charac

    Afghan Migrants, Identity, MCDA, Toys

    (1) Ayesha Saddiqa
    Assistant Professor, Govt. P.G. College (W), Samanabad, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Nadia Anwar
    Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature,UMT, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Saddiqa, Ayesha, and Nadia Anwar. 2019. "Objectified Migrant Identity Through Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (I): 187-194 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).25

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    TURABIAN : Saddiqa, Ayesha, and Nadia Anwar. "Objectified Migrant Identity Through Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. I (2019): 187-194. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).25