‘The perfect refugee doesn’t exi . . . ’: migrant girlhood and neoliberal feminism in Sally El Hosaini’s The Swimmers (2022)
Published online on December 29, 2025
Abstract
Journal of European Studies, Volume 56, Issue 1, Page 3-17, March 2026.
In recent years, there has been a proliferation of literature on the cinematic representation of migration in the Mediterranean. These studies investigate the various ways in which refugee narratives engage with the Eurocentric discourses of crisis, ...
In recent years, there has been a proliferation of literature on the cinematic representation of migration in the Mediterranean. These studies investigate the various ways in which refugee narratives engage with the Eurocentric discourses of crisis, ...