ISBN:
9780520298552
,
9780520298545
Language:
English
Pages:
xx, 244 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
California series in public anthropology 42
Series Statement:
California series in public anthropology
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Vogt, Wendy A., 1979- author Lives in transit
DDC:
362.88086/9120972
Keywords:
Immigrants Violence against
;
Immigrants Abuse of
;
Immigrants Services for
;
Central Americans
;
Mexiko
;
Zentralamerikanischer Einwanderer
;
Gewalt
;
Humanitäre Hilfe
;
Mexiko
;
Zentralamerikanischer Einwanderer
;
Gewalt
;
Humanitäre Hilfe
;
Rassismus
;
Amtsmissbrauch
;
Missbrauch
;
Misshandlung
Abstract:
"Lives in Transit chronicles the dangerous journeys of Central American migrants in transit through Mexico. Drawing on fieldwork in humanitarian aid shelters and other key sites, the book examines the multiple forms of violence that migrants experience as their bodies, labor, and lives become implicated in global and local economies that profit from their mobility as racialized and gendered others. At the same time, it reveals new forms of intimacy, solidarity and activism that have emerged along transit routes over the past decade. Through the stories of migrants, shelter workers and local residents, Vogt encourages us to reimagine transit as both a site of violence and precarity as well as social struggle and resistance"--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
Introduction -- Circulations of violence -- The arterial border -- Migrant industry -- Embodied mobilities -- Intimate crossings -- (In)security and safety -- Constellations of care -- Conclusion : the unforgotten
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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