Clamouring for Legal Protection: What the Great Books Teach Us About People Fleeing from Persecution by Robert F. Barsky

Authors

Julia Schabas, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University (Student Author)

Document Type

Book Review

Abstract

THE POWER OF STORIES and storytelling is central to the refugee experience, both from a legal and social perspective. In the refugee claim context, seeking asylum after fleeing one’s home country due to a well-founded fear of persecution requires, as Anthea Vogl explains, “that refugee applicants tell a good story—that is, one that predominantly conforms to the conventions of model narratives.” This demand for narrative requires the refugee to draw on well-known genres and stories of how certain people act in the face of fear and persecution.

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Citation Information

Schabas, Julia. "Clamouring for Legal Protection: What the Great Books Teach Us About People Fleeing from Persecution by Robert F. Barsky." Osgoode Hall Law Journal 60.2 (2023) : 483-488.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.60082/2817-5069.3897
https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/vol60/iss2/7