{"product_id":"the-adventure-violent-borders-illegal-migration-and-the-uncertain-quest-for-life-in-morocco-hardcover-1","title":"The Adventure: Violent Borders, Illegal Migration, and the Uncertain Quest for Life in Morocco - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSébastien Bachelet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis ethnographic exploration of irregular migration from Western and Central Africa in Morocco deconstructs dehumanising narratives of a \"migration crisis\" and a \"sub-Saharan problem\" in politics of migration. The book provides an original focus on how migrants understood and experienced their entrapped mobility. The emic notion of \"the adventure\" at the heart of this study sheds light on a transformative, epic quest to carve out a better life and future. The book traces how young men from Western and Central Africa sought to assert themselves as agents of their own destinies, despite uncertain, illegalising processes. In steering away from aesthetics of despair and fearmongering narratives, the book brings new insights into inter-disciplinary debates (e.g. illegality, uncertainty, immobility, violence, suffering, transit, etc.). Such focus is essential to draw out the complexity and existential depth of (irregular) migrants' lives, journeys, and stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compelling and urgent book about life at the borders of Europe, unpacking with ethnographic care the violence and defiance of illegalised journeys. \u003cbr\u003eAlice Elliot, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Outside: Migration as Life in Morocco\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA deft and deeply empathetic ethnographic portrait of the struggles of precarious migrants in the marginal neighbourhoods of the Moroccan capital.\u003cbr\u003eRuben Andersson, University of Oxford \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully draws out the complexity and existential depth of these young men's stories, thereby moving beyond simplistic portrayals of illegal migrants as either victims or signifiers of crisis.\u003cbr\u003eAnnika Lems, Australian National University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis ethnographic study examines the hopes, imaginaries, and everyday lives of young male migrants from Western and Central Africa who find themselves 'stuck' in Morocco. The book deepens and humanises understandings of sub-Saharan migration, exploring migrants' conceptualisation of 'the adventure' as an epic quest to carve out a better life and future in the face of the violent, transnational politics of migration. \u003ci\u003eThe adventure\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on the moral, gendered, affective, social, and political aspects of migrants' own experiences and representations of their journeys and struggles. Steering away from aesthetics of despair, victimhood, and criminality, the book focuses on young men's efforts to face up to bordering practices to retain control over their lives and mobility. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe adventure\u003c\/i\u003e sheds a crucial light on migrants' own experiences and understandings of their entrapped mobility in Douar Hajja and Ma?did, two peripheral neighbourhoods of the Moroccan capital Rabat. The adventure is a quest for '\u003ci\u003eune vie plus supportable\u003c\/i\u003e' (a life more bearable), a hopeful and risky journey to become the person one aspires to be, to reach a place where one's dignity and rights might be respected.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSébastien Bachelet is a Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47685215224029,"sku":"9781526177681","price":68.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/lzKLFPSoGN9781526177681_dbf4d57d-ebb9-441f-b9cb-9584274c332f.webp?v=1774007964","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-adventure-violent-borders-illegal-migration-and-the-uncertain-quest-for-life-in-morocco-hardcover-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}