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Keywords: bodily speech act ; estrangement from the self ; forced displacement ; Judith Butler ; migrant theatre ; Obaaberima ; Performative Theory of Assembly ; performativity ; refugees ; sign of sign phenomenon ; solo performance ; synecdoche of difference ; Tawiah M'Carthy ; the Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group ; The Refugee Tales

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  2. Anthony, Kristyn. “‘Obaaberima’ a Powerful Journey.” Vancouver Is Awesome, 20 March 2015, https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/general-archive/obaaberima-a-powerful-journey-2995832. Accessed 3 May 2021.
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  4. Barr, Helen. “Stories of the New Geography: The Refugee Tales.” Journal of Medieval Worlds, vol. 1, no. 1, 2019, pp. 79–106.
     [Google Scholar]
  5. Bogatyrev, Petr. “Semiotics in the Folk Theatre.” Semiotics of Art, edited by Ladislav Matejka and Irwin Titunik, MIT Press, 1977, pp. 33–50.
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  11. Herd, David. “Afterword: Walking with Refugee Tales.” Refugee Tales, edited by David Herd and Anna Pincus, Comma Press, 2016, pp. 133–144.
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  14. Muir, Hugh. “Indefinite Detention is Dehumanising for Refugees. This Practice Must End.” The Guardian, 19 July 2017, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/19/indefinite-detention-refugeesjourneys-refugee-tales. Accessed 4 May 2021.
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  16. Turner, Victor. Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors: Symbolic Action in Human Society. Cornell University Press, 1975.
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  17. Veltruský, Jiřy. “Acting and Behavior: A Study in the Signans.” Semiotics of Drama and Theatre, edited by Herta Schmid and Jonh Benjamins, 1984, pp. 394–441.
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