Description:
In this book, Powell examines the ways that identities are constructed in displacement narratives based on cases of eminent domain, natural disaster, and civil unrest, attending specifically to the rhetorical strategies employed as barriers and boundaries intersect with individual lives.
Review Quotes:
"By considering topics ranging from refugees to the forced removal of populations in the U.S., this book addresses both the complexities and differences attending to particular situations and the larger public policy issues facing disenfranchised people. Katrine Powell's rhetorical analysis provides new and insightful understanding of these important problems of great concern to everyone, the temporarily placed and the displaced." - Amy Shuman, Ohio State University, USA
"Powell brings together a wealth of sources to analyze the transnational and contested implications of displacement and to draw attention to the commonalities, such as a sense of abandonment." - Nedra Reynolds, University of Rhode Island, USA
"The book's ability to connect events, positionality, and narratives is unique, and it demonstrates the rhetorical means by which displacement has been normalized. Identity and Power in Narratives of Displacement is an invaluable resource to opening discussions concerning displacement, migration, rights, identity formation, and narrative theory." - Arabella Lyon, University of Buffalo, USA
"Powell's Identity and Power in Narratives of Displacement is a wonderful read for anyone looking to engage in innovative conversations about the historical and rhetorical importance of identity in contexts of displacement." - Ashley Szanter, Albeit
"This book is a tremendous contribution to scholars interested in rhetoric, narratives, refugee studies, and related fields." - Tabetha Adkins, Literacy in Composition Studies