ISBN:
9781503609501
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 261 Seiten)
Series Statement:
De Gruyter eBook-Paket Rechtswissenschaften
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Fukushima, Annie Isabel Migrant crossings
DDC:
306.3/620973
Keywords:
Emigration and immigration law
;
Foreign workers, Asian Abuse of
;
Foreign workers, Latin American Abuse of
;
Human trafficking victims
;
Human trafficking
;
Immigrants Abuse of
;
LAW / Emigration & Immigration
;
Zuwanderungsrecht
;
Zwangsprostitution
;
Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer
;
Missbrauch
;
USA
Abstract:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. AN AMERICAN HAUNTING -- 2. LEGAL CONTROL OF MIGRANT CROSSINGS -- 3. “PERFECT VICTIMS” AND LABOR MIGRATION -- 4. WITNESSING LEGAL NARRATIVES, COURT PERFORMANCES, AND TRANSLATIONS OF PERUVIAN DOMESTIC WORK -- 5. (LIVING)DEAD SUBJECTS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Appendix A. SAMPLE LETTER OF CERTIFICATION FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES -- Appendix B. GLOSSARY OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING–RELATED TERMS -- Appendix C. NONIMMIGRANT STATUS VISAS -- Appendix D. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SMUGGLING -- Appendix E. CULTURE AND THE TRAFFICKED, THE TRAFFICKER, AND THE ANTI-TRAFFICKER -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Abstract:
Migrant Crossings examines the experiences and representations of Asian and Latina/o migrants trafficked in the United States into informal economies and service industries. Through sociolegal and media analysis of court records, press releases, law enforcement campaigns, film representations, theatre performances, and the law, Annie Isabel Fukushima questions how we understand victimhood, criminality, citizenship, and legality. Fukushima examines how migrants legally cross into visibility, through frames of citizenship, and narratives of victimhood. She explores the interdisciplinary framing of the role of the law and the legal system, the notion of "perfect victimhood", and iconic victims, and how trafficking subjects are resurrected for contemporary movements as illustrated in visuals, discourse, court records, and policy. Migrant Crossings deeply interrogates what it means to bear witness to migration in these migratory times—and what such migrant crossings mean for subjects who experience violence during or after their crossing
Note:
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
,
In English
DOI:
10.1515/9781503609501
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