Asylum-seeker emergency and third spaces in the Inspector Montalbano TV series
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چکیده
By analysing the TV episode ‘The Other End of line’ (2019) through lens Bhabha’s concepts ‘third space’ and ‘hybridity’ (1994), Soja’s formulation ‘thirdspace,’ this article argues that, far from being escapist viewing, Inspector Montalbano series (Italy, 1999–2021) is a ‘geopolitical’ crime (Saunders 2020, 1) that challenges ‘nation-centred view sovereign citizenship’ (Bhabha 38) embodied by Matteo Salvini, leader xenophobic Italian political party, Lega. This provides criticism Salvini’s policy closed ports, which aimed to stop migration fluxes Northern Africa, when Lega was in power Italy (2018–2019). visualizing several ‘thirdspaces’, such as rescue vessel, port, village Vigàta, where story takes place, populating plot with characters who defy Manichean ‘us-versus-them’, endorses idea an inclusive society characterized ‘a cultural hybridity entertains difference without assumed or imposed hierarchy’ 5). also invites viewers act ‘as active citizens’ ‘must vigilantly guard against state’s strategies exclusion discrimination midst its promises formal equality procedural democracy’ xxi).
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1469-3666', '1030-4312']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10304312.2023.2235094