Browsing University of Galway Theses by Subject "Performativity"
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Governmentality and the Performativity of the Asylum Process
(2012-09-28)This thesis is about the construction and performance of subject positions. Specifically, these include the subject position refugee and its negative constituent the bogus asylum seeker. Such a construction has over time ... -
Performing the Pied-Noir family: Weaving narratives of memory and identity
(2014-03-10)Although the Algerian war (1954-1962) is now fifty years past, it remains a contentious issue in France. In the aftermath of this particularly violent conflict, the French public was encouraged to forget the hostilities ... -
Providing Integration: An Examination of Street-Level Youth Worker Strategy in Galway City
(2011-11-24)Unprecedented 'Celtic Tiger' in-flows of economic migrants and asylum-seekers have created an increasingly multicultural Ireland. This transformation has spawned significant academic and policy-making attention to the ...