Displacement by war is experienced as endless motion away from, not toward, a home

Evidence

The Mozambicans, their known world razed by civil war, are not so much moving toward as moving away. “Away” becomes the story’s signature word: “We wanted to go where there were no bandits and there was food. We were glad to think there must be such a place; away,” the girl declares, “we started to go away, again.” When they finally reach a refugee camp beyond the park, she fantasizes about living “in a real house again, with no war, no away.” — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 559

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the difference between leisure ‘getaway’ and terror-driven ‘away’ through one word’s double discourse.
• XREF: connects to: Exile and diaspora describe displacement, not wealthy migrants anywhere abroad — Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks, 641

Broader Connections

• Exile and diaspora describe displacement, not wealthy migrants anywhere abroad #expands (0.70) — Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks, 641