Still alive [graphic novel] : notes from Australia's immigration detention system
Ahmed, Safdar2021
Book
Total copies: 1
"Still alive documents the conditions, experiences and deprivations of Australia's system of mandatory and indefinite detention for asylum seekers and refugees. Drawing from Safdar Ahmed's experiences as a volunteer in Sydney's Villawood detention centre, it contains the testimony of refugees and workers in a system that is often decried by human rights organisations for its cruelty. This is a work of observation and collaboration, collating Ahmed's experiences as an art workshop facilitator with the testimony and artwork of refugees who are held in immigration detention. Still Alive eschews stereotypical representations of the refugee as either a threat to Australia's system of 'border protection', or as a victim who lacks initiative and agency. What emerges is a deeply impacting account of the refugee journey and the profound consequences of indefinite incarceration that asylum seekers experience upon reaching Australia."--Provided by publisher.
Main title:
Author:
Ahmed, Safdar, author, illustrator
Imprint:
Ventnor, Victoria : Twelve Panels Press, 2021.©2021
Collation:
231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"Part of this book was first published online by GetUp! in 2015 as Villawood: notes from an immigration detention centre."--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780980593730 (pbk)9780980593730 (paperback)
Dewey class:
325.210994
Language:
English
Subject:
Ahmed, Safdar -- Comic books, strips, etcVillawood Immigration Detention Centre -- Comic books, strips, etcPolitical refugees -- Australia -- Comic books, strips, etcRefugees -- Australia -- Comic books, strips, etcDetention of persons -- Australia -- Comic books, strips, etcHuman rights advocacy -- Australia -- Comic books, strips, etcGraphic novelsAutobiographical comicsBiographical comicsNonfiction comics
BRN:
610830