Reading Migration Literature through a Mobility Studies Lens

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to discuss how to read migration literature from the perspective of the New Mobilities Paradigm (NMP) outlined by Mimi Sheller and John Urry. After discussing some of the key concerns of mobilities research and pinpointing its advantages for analysing migration literature, the chapter demonstrates, using concrete examples drawn from contemporary Francophone African and Afrodiasporic fiction, how the NMP can be used in studying the kinetic aspects of migration in literature.