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245 10 a| Hope amid despair :b| encounters at the existential borderlands of the Mediterranean /c| Alessandro Corso.;

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490 1 a| Contemporary ethnography;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| "Hope amid Despair tells the story of life on Lampedusa, a small island in the central Mediterranean and the southernmost frontier of irregular and undocumented migration to Europe, or what is often referred to as Europe's "refugee crisis." Anthropologist Alessandro Corso examines the extraordinarily ordinary choices faced by migrants, migration workers, and locals on the island--and the decisions they make that foster distance, indifference, and abandonment or allow for mutuality, community, and life-building. Through extensive ethnographic fieldwork as well as oral histories and archival research, Corso follows the island's inhabitants through their quotidian encounters, detailing their impressions, misunderstandings, and reconsiderations of one another. Revealing perspectives and experiences that often run against the grain of prevailing narratives, Corso argues for an understanding of this border zone not as a site of order and control, but as one of existential struggle and moral possibility, characterized by fear and despair but also reconciliation, hope, and love. Challenging mainstream ways of thinking about how borders separate and categorize us as individuals, Hope amid Despair reveals the geographical, historical, social, legal, and ethical boundaries of what it means to be human"--Publisher's description.;

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Hope amid despair : encounters at the existential borderlands of the Mediterranean / Alessandro Corso.

Author/creator	Corso, Alessandro, 1991- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2026]
Copyright Date	©2026
Description	208 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Emigration and immigration--Social aspects. Emigration and immigration--Moral and ethical aspects. Borderlands--Italy. --Lampedusa Island. --Social conditions. Border security--Social aspects. --Italy. --Lampedusa Island. Lampedusa Island (Italy)--Emigration and immigration. --History. --20th century. Lampedusa Island (Italy)--Emigration and immigration. --History. --21st century. Lampedusa Island (Italy)--Social conditions. --20th century. Lampedusa Island (Italy)--Social conditions. --21st century. Lampedusa Island (Italy)--Politics and government. --20th century. Lampedusa Island (Italy)--Politics and government. --21st century.

Series	Contemporary ethnography Contemporary ethnography.
Abstract	"Hope amid Despair tells the story of life on Lampedusa, a small island in the central Mediterranean and the southernmost frontier of irregular and undocumented migration to Europe, or what is often referred to as Europe's "refugee crisis." Anthropologist Alessandro Corso examines the extraordinarily ordinary choices faced by migrants, migration workers, and locals on the island--and the decisions they make that foster distance, indifference, and abandonment or allow for mutuality, community, and life-building. Through extensive ethnographic fieldwork as well as oral histories and archival research, Corso follows the island's inhabitants through their quotidian encounters, detailing their impressions, misunderstandings, and reconsiderations of one another. Revealing perspectives and experiences that often run against the grain of prevailing narratives, Corso argues for an understanding of this border zone not as a site of order and control, but as one of existential struggle and moral possibility, characterized by fear and despair but also reconciliation, hope, and love. Challenging mainstream ways of thinking about how borders separate and categorize us as individuals, Hope amid Despair reveals the geographical, historical, social, legal, and ethical boundaries of what it means to be human"--Publisher's description.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	ebook version : 9781512829556
Genre/form	Ethnographies.
Genre/form	Études ethnographiques.
LCCN	2026012558
ISBN	9781512829532
ISBN	1512829536 hardcover
ISBN	9781512829549 paperback
ISBN	1512829544 paperback
ISBN	electronic book

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