Walls
Subtitle: travels along the barricades
By: by Marcello Di Cintio
Publisher: Union
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781908526335; 9781908526380
Subjects: Travelers' writings, Canadian
Description: What does it mean to live against a wall? In this bold blend of travel and reportage, Marcello Di Cintio takes us to the world's most disputed edges to meet with those who live alongside the razor wire, concrete and steel.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the wall disease; title: Drawing a line in the sand : the western Sahara; title: The bogeyman is coming : Ceuta and Melilla; title: Zero people of no man's land : the Indo-Bangladesh fence; title: A nakba of olives : the West Bank wall; title: Walling absurd : Nicosia/Lefkosa; title: Shun thy neighbour : the U.S./Mexico border; title: The mutilated city : Belfast; title: The great wall of Montreal : the l'Acadie fence.