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Images of crisis and the crisis of images
A visual analysis of four frames of representation of ‘refugeeness’ in Swedish newspapers

The chapter is based on the examination of visual material and associated imageries of refugees. The analysis puts forth four visual frames for understanding the representation of refugees: victimization – refugee bodies constructed as voiceless victims caught in suffering; securitization – refugee bodies enmassed and posing threats to destabilize sovereignty of the ‘nation state’; reception – images of refugees being welcomed and integrated in Sweden; and humanization – private portraits of people fleeing depicted as complex individuals and active political subjects. These frames allow for an understanding of othering as an important aspect of the visual representation of the sense of crisis.

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