Picturing Immigration : Photojournalistic Representation of Immigrants in Greek and Spanish Press /

At the turn of the twentieth century, Greece and Spain saw an influx of immigrants from developing nations. And as their foreign populations grew, both countries' national media were there to document the change - in the process shaping perceptions of the immigrant groups by their new countries...

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Main Author: Batziou, Athanasia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK ; Chicago : Intellect, 2011.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781841505039
184150503X
1283162776
9781283162777
9786613162779
6613162779
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:At the turn of the twentieth century, Greece and Spain saw an influx of immigrants from developing nations. And as their foreign populations grew, both countries' national media were there to document the change - in the process shaping perceptions of the immigrant groups by their new countries and the world. Picturing Immigration offers a comparative study of the photojournalistic framing of immigrants in these two southern European nations, which were recently transformed from senders to receivers of migrants. Going beyond traditional media analysis, it focuses on images rather than text to e.
Physical Description:1 online resource (118 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
Language Note:English.
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