Migration, immigration and emigration Books
Duke University Press Sanctuary Everywhere
Book SynopsisIn Sanctuary Everywhere, Barbara Andrea Sostaita reimagines practices of sanctuary along the U.S.-Mexico border in order to explore the possibilities for radical fugitivity in the face of militarized border enforcement. After the 2016 presidential election, churches, universities, cities, and even states began declaring themselves sanctuaries. Sostaita proposes that these calls for expanded sanctuary are insufficient when dealing with the everyday workings of immigration enforcement. Through fieldwork in migrant clinics, shelters, and the Sonoran Desert, Sostaita demonstrates that, as a sacred practice, sanctuary cannot be fixed in any one destination or mandate. She turns to those working to create sanctuary on the move, from a deported nurse offering medical care on the border to incarcerated migrant women denying rules on touch in detention facilities to collectives set up to honor those who died crossing the border. Understanding sanctuary to be a set of fugitive practices t
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New York University Press Mental Health Evaluations in Immigration Court
Book SynopsisPROSE Award- Psychology FinalistA timely and important contribution to the study of immigration court from a psychological perspectiveEvery day, large numbers of immigrants undertake dangerous migration journeys only to face deportation or removal proceedings once they arrive in the U.S. Others who have been in the country for many years may face these proceedings as well, and either group may seek to gain lawful status by means of an application to USCIS, the benefits arm of the immigration system. Mental Health Evaluations in Immigration Court examines the growing role of mental health professionals in the immigration system as they conduct forensic mental health assessments that are used as psychological evidence for applications for deportation relief, write affidavits for the court about the course of treatment they have provided to immigrants, help prepare people emotionally to be deported, and provide support for immigrants in detention centers. Many immigrants appear in immigraTrade ReviewThe interdisciplinary focus in this important text is novel and important. Several chapters address topics that are typically neglected from the literature on immigrant and refugee mental health, such as competency, violence risk, and vicarious trauma. . . . Indispensable for anyone who works within immigration court. -- Barry Rosenfeld, Fordham UniversityAn important contribution that speaks to a growing area of need and professional interest. This book provides essential information for both psychologists and attorneys. -- Nadine Nakamura, California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University
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New York University Press Mental Health Evaluations in Immigration Court
Book SynopsisPROSE Award- Psychology FinalistA timely and important contribution to the study of immigration court from a psychological perspectiveEvery day, large numbers of immigrants undertake dangerous migration journeys only to face deportation or removal proceedings once they arrive in the U.S. Others who have been in the country for many years may face these proceedings as well, and either group may seek to gain lawful status by means of an application to USCIS, the benefits arm of the immigration system. Mental Health Evaluations in Immigration Court examines the growing role of mental health professionals in the immigration system as they conduct forensic mental health assessments that are used as psychological evidence for applications for deportation relief, write affidavits for the court about the course of treatment they have provided to immigrants, help prepare people emotionally to be deported, and provide support for immigrants in detention centers. Many immigrants appear in immigraTrade ReviewThe interdisciplinary focus in this important text is novel and important. Several chapters address topics that are typically neglected from the literature on immigrant and refugee mental health, such as competency, violence risk, and vicarious trauma. . . . Indispensable for anyone who works within immigration court. -- Barry Rosenfeld, Fordham UniversityAn important contribution that speaks to a growing area of need and professional interest. This book provides essential information for both psychologists and attorneys. -- Nadine Nakamura, California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University
£73.80
New York University Press Organizing While Undocumented
Book SynopsisFinalist, 2020 C. Wright Mills Award, given by the Society for the Study of Social ProblemsHonorable Mention, 2021 Asian America Section Book Award, given by the American Sociological AssociationAn inspiring look inside immigrant youth's political activism in perilous times Undocumented immigrants in the United States who engage in social activism do so at great risk: the threat of deportation. In Organizing While Undocumented, Kevin Escudero shows why and howdespite this riskmany of them bravely continue to fight on the front lines for their rights. Drawing on more than five years of research, including interviews with undocumented youth organizers, Escudero focuses on the movement's epicentersSan Francisco, Chicago, and New York Cityto explain the impressive political success of the undocumented immigrant community. He shows how their identities as undocumented immigrants, but also as queer individuals, people of colTrade ReviewNever before have I read an empirical and theoretical book-length treatise on intersectionality as the identity politics of a US social movement, in this case, one of the most prominent: that of unauthorized immigrant youth. This highly sophisticated analysis centers the organizing of the usually-unseen Asian ethnics without papers and interrelates social axes and activist strategies by way of the undocuqueer movement. Organizing While Undocumented is an indispensable read for anyone interested in the intersection of race, legal status, queer identity, and gender in activism and for anyone seeking a model of meticulous and incisive analysis that is both razor-sharp and inspiring. -- Nadia Y. Kim, author of Imperial Citizens: Koreans and Race from Seoul to LAOrganizing While Undocumented is a timely and powerful book that makes a major contribution to contemporary debates over immigration and citizenship. The courage and tenacity of undocumented Latino and Asian youth activists shine through in this book, revealing inspiring stories of personal and societal transformation. -- Rick Baldoz, author of The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946Since the massive immigrant-rights protests of 2006, the undocumented youth movement has emerged as one of the most powerful social movements of our time. Organizing While Undocumented offers an enlightening perspective of the more nuanced aspects of identify formation and cross-issue campaigns that undergird the importance and influence of this social movement. Timely and incredibly relevant, this book is a must-read for those interested in the contemporary processes of migration, identity, and protest. -- Roberto G. Gonzales, author of Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in AmericaThe book does a great job highlighting how immigrant-rights activists think about and mobilize their intersectional identities to advance their civil rights agenda locally and nationally. [...] Escudero’s work will certainly be a model to conduct further work on mobilizations around immigrant rights. * Social Forces *
£62.90
New York University Press From Deportation to Prison
Book SynopsisWinner, 2017 Oliver Cromwell Cox Book AwardA thorough and captivating exploration of how mass incarceration and law and order policies of the past forty years have transformed immigration and border enforcementCriminal prosecutions for immigration offenses have more than doubled over the last two decades, as national debates about immigration and criminal justice reforms became headline topics. What lies behind this unprecedented increase? From Deportation to Prison unpacks how the incarceration of over two million people in the United States gave impetus to a federal immigration initiativeThe Criminal Alien Program (CAP)designed to purge non-citizens from dangerously overcrowded jails and prisons. Drawing on over a decade of ethnographic and archival research, the findings in this book reveal how the Criminal Alien Program quietly set off a punitive turn in immigration enforcement that has fundamentally altered detention, deportation, and criminTrade ReviewPatrisia Macias-Rojas book,From Deportation to Prison: The Politics of Immigration Enforcement in Post-Civil Rights America, provides rich insight into domestic border security in the Southern Arizona/Sonora region. * Theory in Action *This is an important book that scholars of both immigration and criminalization should read. The argument [namely, that the Criminal Alien Program (CAP) is responsible for a large portion of deportations] is well constructed and provocative, and Macías-Rojas breaks new empirical and theoretical ground. * International Migration Review *In From Deportation to Prison, Patrisia Macías-Rojas aptly situates the current deportation regime within a broader historical context by drawing on a decade of ethnographic fieldwork, hundreds of in-depth interviews in southern Arizona, and archival research in Washington, DC. Furthermore, Macías-Rojas contributes to the burgeoning deportation literature by drawing connections between the current deportation regime and mass incarceration in the United States. * Journal of American Ethnic History *Patrisia Macías-Rojas is a sociologist and yet her in-depth ethnographic fieldwork will be very familiar to readers with a background in Anthropology Political and legal anthropologists, especially those working with fraught social issues, will likely consider Macías-Rojas research design a model of exceptionally solid empirical work. * Polar Journal *From Deportation to Prison provides a fascinating and original view of the day-to-day workings of the immigration detention system, based on fieldwork, interviews, and archival research conducted over a 10 year period. An exciting and high-quality work. -- Susan Bibler Coutin, author of Nation of EmigrantsPatrisia Macias-Rojas' commanding book narrates the profound restructuring of immigration policies in the US. Using rich ethnographic data and sharp policy analyses, she shows how the merging of enforcement and deportation policies with the rigid structures of the criminal justice system result in a vicious punishment regime. The book makes a compelling case for cross-movement organizing and is essential reading for scholars, activists and policy makers. -- Beth E. Richie,author of Arrested JusticeThe book largely brackets out activities of the powerful private prison-industrial complex, an important player in the growing criminalization of immigrants the book significantly our understanding of how and why the current immigration enforcement debacle came to be. It will be of particular interest scholars of race and immigration, inequality, and public policy. * American Journal of Sociology *
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New York University Press Medical Legal Violence
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis insightful, accessible ethnography reveals the broad and deep reach of the punitive immigration regime, which enlists even the medical personnel whose goal is to heal people. It is an excellent contribution to several fields and will be read widely. * Cecilia Menjívar, author of Enduring Violence: Ladina Women's Lives in Guatemala *Comparing immigrant-serving clinics across red, blue, and purple states, Meredith Van Natta captures with clarity and conviction the urgency of reforming both the US medical and immigration policy landscapes. Her careful analysis is both striking and humanizing, as she tells the stories of health care providers’ and patients’ heartache, fear, persistence, and triumph during critical political moments during the Obama and Trump eras. Medical Legal Violence is a must-read for anyone interested in immigration and health care policy in the United States. * Leisy J. Abrego, author of Sacrificing Families: Navigating Laws, Labor, and Love Across Borders *For decades, punitive federal immigration policy, rising interior enforcement, and a social welfare system that treats health care as a consumer good has wielded ‘medical legal violence’ onto the lives of Latinx immigrants. In this timely book, Van Natta deftly shows how the situation became even worse after 2016, as both immigrants and the mission-driven safety-net clinicians and staff working to treat them faced new and uncertain ‘decision-scapes’ in accessing treatment. The results—more people blocked from and foregoing care, more people forced to let their illness progress to the point of acute and costly emergency care, and more providers torn between their personal and medical ethics and the US laws and bureaucracies that prioritize insecurity over health—are no less than a national disaster. * Helen B. Marrow, author of New Destination Dreaming Immigration, Race, and Legal Status in the Rural American South *This vividly written book tells the painful story of how US anti-immigrant policies have permeated the nation’s medical system, making it increasingly difficult to meet the health care needs of an impoverished population who often lack English fluency and legal documentation. Rich in ethnographic and environmental detail, Medical Legal Violence highlights the political struggles between two broken systems in need of reform—health care and immigration—and the chilling effects this battle has on the health outcomes and well-being of migrants. An invaluable resource for public officials, as well as academics, Van Natta’s work powerfully addresses the dire health care needs of our most vulnerable yet essential members in our society. * Jacqueline Hagan, author of Migration Miracle: Faith, Hope, and Meaning on the Undocumented Journey *
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New York University Press Citizen Student Soldier
Book SynopsisSince the 1990s, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) programs have experienced unprecedented expansion in American public schools. The program and its proliferation in poor, urban schools districts with large numbers of Latina/o and African American students is not without controversy. Public support is often based on the belief that the program provides much-needed discipline for at risk youth. Meanwhile, critics of JROTC argue that the program is a recruiting tool for the U.S. military and is yet another example of an increasingly punitive climate that disproportionately affect youth of color in American public schools. Citizen, Student, Soldier intervenes in these debates, providing critical ethnographic attention to understanding the motivations, aspirations, and experiences of students who participate in increasing numbers in JROTC programs. These students have complex reasons for their participation, reasons that challenge the reductive idea that they are either dangeroTrade ReviewCitizen, Student, Soldieroffers a nuanced portrait of the nexus between race, militarism, and contemporary public education, giving fresh insight to the deeply intertwined histories of Latina/os and military service. Written in accessible prose and drawing from Latina/o studies, political science, anthropology, and critical military studies, Perezs text represents an invaluable contribution toward our understanding of race, social membership. National belonging and what it means to be a & good citizen. * Lat Stud *Citizen, Student, Soldieris an important book for scholars and students of U.S. anthropology. It could form the backbone for a course on an increasingly militarized homeland that stubbornly remains invisible. By making & America visible, Perez also makes it available for critique. * American Anthropologist *Readers will find detailed descriptions of marginalized youths attempts to undertake positive forms of development that might lead to social inclusion. Perez puts these descriptions in context in terms of the current debates about citizenship in the US, including civic obligation, social opportunity, and US militarism in the & land of opportunity. * CHOICE *In this important and much anticipated work anthropologist extraordinaire Gina Pérez provides a powerful portrait of the making of American citizenship today. By examining Latino/a youth and their aspirations and attitudes towards the JROTC in relation to the rapid expansion of the military and larger neoliberal policies of retrenchment, Perez challenges narrow understandings of citizenship through a rich portrayal that truly honors their voices and dreams. -- Arlene Davila,New York UniversityPresents a provocative analysis of how young Latinas and Latinos navigate the JROTC program, where significant portions of the participants are students of color and young women, in the context of neoliberalism and the new American militarism. Pérez argues persuasively that Latina/o youths aspirations for recognition as full citizens within limited structural conditions lead them toward the personal, social, and economic benefits offered by the military. Her work provides a fresh perspective on Latino youth, the military as an avenue for upward mobility, and citizenship in the post 9/11 era. -- Patricia Zavella,University of California, Santa CruzPerezs new book is a very readable, even conversational, account of the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps or JROTC in a high school in OhioCitizen, Student, Soldier is highly accessible, depending more heavily on descriptions and interviews than on theoretical argument. While Perez does engage some of the theoretical questions of the day, the book is not especially theory-driven. That is mostly a positive for making the book readable and relevant * Anthropology Review Database *
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New York University Press Banned
Book SynopsisWinner, 2020 Best Book Award, Law Category, given by the American Book FestExamines immigration enforcement and discretion during the first eighteen months of the Trump administrationWithin days of taking office, President Donald J. Trump published or announced changes to immigration law and policy. These changes have profoundly shaken the lives and well-being of immigrants and their families, many of whom have been here for decades, and affected the work of the attorneys and advocates who represent or are themselves part of the immigrant community. Banned examines the tool of discretion, or the choice a government has to protect, detain, or deport immigrants, and describes how the Trump administration has wielded this tool in creating and executing its immigration policy. Banned combines personal interviews, immigration law, policy analysis, and case studies to answer the following questions: (1) what does immigration enforcement and discretion look like in the time of Trump? (2) whTrade Review"This meticulously argued work succeeds in illuminating with plain language what the immigration system obscures behind jargon and steel bars." * STARRED Library Journal *"Now more than ever we need experts such as Professor Shoba Wadhia to make sense of the senseless immigration policies put forth by the Trump administration. Banned combines thoughtful analysis of immigration law and policy with insightful case studies and interviews, culminating in a powerful reminder of the human toll taken on individuals and families caught in the crossfire of prejudice and fear. Banned is a clarion call to reassert humane immigration policy as a core American value." -- Chris Coons, United States Senator"Banned is a significant witness to this unprecedented time in immigration policy." * William Stock, Founding Partner, Klasko Immigration Law Partners, and Past President, American Immigration Lawyers Association *"Banned presents a fascinating discussion of the significant immigration policy changes undertaken by the Trump administration, from the Muslim travel ban to asylum and detention issues. Having represented individuals subject to the travel ban, I have personally seen the tragedies caused by an inhumane and discriminatory policy. Shoba Wadhia shines a bright light on the depth of the drastic changes being made to a country founded by and for immigrants." -- Mahsa Khanbabai, Khanbabai Immigration Law"Banned is a thoughtful look at the immigration initiatives of the Trump administration. Shoba Wadhia critically examines immigration enforcement and the exercise of discretion in immigration matters by the new administration . . . Banned is a definite “must read” for anyone interested in what perhaps has been one of the most rapid periods of change in immigration enforcement ever." -- Kevin R. Johnson, Dean, School of Law, and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicanx Studies, University of California, Davis"When he began separating immigrant children from their parents, what President Trump did not count on was that the resistance would include the sharp eye and careful pen wielded by the erstwhile Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, in her splendid work, Banned: Immigration Enforcement in the Time of Trump. Professor Wadhia is the best counterpoint to the President, as she has gathered all the evidence of his political perfidy, and has shown clearly how his attempts to upend international norms have failed to gain traction." -- Michael A Olivas, author of No Undocumented Child Left Behind: Plyler v. Doe and the Education of Undocumented Schoolchildren"Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia is an ideal chronicler of how the architecture of immigration law has dramatically changed under the Trump Administration. After the Muslim ban was announced, Wadhia became an indispensable part of the network of lawyers and activists who mobilized in response. In Banned, Wadhia uses accessible language and a community-centered approach to explain the impact of the Muslim ban, family separation, temporary protected status, and other immigration policies on the daily lives of people. Banned is a vital resource for activists, organizers, lawyers, and practitioners seeking to better understand the current political moment." -- Deepa Iyer, Author of We Too Sing America; South Asian, Arab, Muslim and Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future"From separating families to banning Muslims to countless other cruelties, President Trump has claimed an almost limitless power to banish immigrants and refugees from our land. The nation’s leading expert on immigration enforcement eloquently exposes the illegality of these policies and their devastating impact on immigrant and refugee families." * Stephen H. Legomsky, John S. Lehmann University Professor Emeritus, Washington University in St Louis School of Law, and former Chief Counsel, US Citizenship & Immigration Services *"Very accessibly written, the book will be a great resource for those with little concrete knowledge of immigration issues in the Trump era. Minimal use of jargon makes the book valuable to a very wide audience, including readers across the entire spectrum of higher education." * Choice *"Shoba Wadhia provides a great deal of food for thought for readers." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Reviews *"Banned ... [provides] valuable insight into the many layers of discretion that impact persons crossing borders, beginning with the first encounter that migrants have with border officials, and extending all the way to the highest levels of an administration that has sought to implement far-reaching changes in policy without regard for longstanding rules against arbitrary and capricious behavior." * International Journal of Refugee Law *"Banned is an excellent book for a general audience reader hoping to gain a quick understanding of immigration changes under Trump, as well as for a reader more familiar with immigration law who will appreciate seeing the major currents organized and described so deftly in a short space." * International Migration Review *
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New York University Press The New American Servitude
Book SynopsisFinalist, 2020 Elliott P. Skinner Award, given by the Association of Africanist AnthropologyExamines why African care workers feel politically excluded from the United States Care for America's growing elderly population is increasingly provided by migrants, and the demand for health care labor is only expected to grow. Because of this health care crunch and the low barriers to entry, new African immigrants have adopted elder care as a niche employment sector, funneling their friends and relatives into this occupation. However, elder care puts care workers into racialized, gendered, and age hierarchies, making it difficult for them to achieve social and economic mobility. In The New American Servitude, Coe demonstrates how these workers often struggle to find a sense of political and social belonging. They are regularly subjected to racial insults and demonstrations of powerand effectively turned into servantsat the hands of other members of th
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New York University Press The Italian Squad
Book SynopsisThe unknown inside story of the NYPD's Italian-born detectives who fought both powerful gangsters and the deeply ingrained prejudice against their own beloved immigrant communityThe story begins in Sicily, on Friday, March 12, 1909, at 8:45 p.m. Three gunshots thundered in the night, and then a fourth. Two men fled, and investigators soon discovered who they had killed: Giuseppe Petrosino, the legendary American detective whose exploits in New York were celebrated even in Italy. The Italian Squad, by veteran New York City journalist and historian Paul Moses, explores the lives of the nationally celebrated detectives who followed in the slain Petrosino's footsteps as leaders of the New York City investigative squad: Anthony Vachris, Charles Corrao, and Michael Fiaschetti. Drawing on new primary sources such as private diaries and city, state, and federal documents, this dramatic narrative history follows the Italian Squad across the first two decades of the twentieth century as its deTrade Review"In his new book, reporter-historian Paul Moses writes about the NYPD officers who fought the extortion racket known as the Black Hand during the early part of the 20th century—and did so from a position of ethnic familiarity. Immigrants fighting immigrants, Italians battling Italians, crime fighters operating from within the community that was being preyed upon." * Wall Street Journal *"Moses provides the definitive account of a fascinating chapter in New York City’s law enforcement history. New York history nuts will be in heaven." * Publishers Weekly *"An original and deeply researched book that challenges many of the myths distorting our understanding of organized crime in the twentieth century. Paul Moses gracefully conjures the gritty world of Italian policemen, the struggles of the immigrant community they served, the complex realities of NYPD politics, and the formation of a transnational underworld stretching from New York to Sicily." -- Daniel Czitrom, author of New York Exposed"A well-researched examination of a little-known corner of the NYPD’s past." * Kirkus Reviews *"A story of ethnic stereotypes, immigration battles, and police brutality." * New York Daily News *"A thoughtful, enlightening, deeply researched exploration of the origins of organized crime in the United States. Moses brings to light the real-life origins of the Mafia and the attempts of Italian-American members of the NYPD to bring it to heel. The issues of ethnicity and criminality that Moses addresses are as timely today as they were a century ago. The Italian Squad is an engrossing read from first page to last." -- Peter Quinn, mystery writer, historian, and author of Banished Children of Eve: A Novel of Civil War New York"In this absorbing tale of a New York City plagued by bombings, blackmail, and child kidnappings, the unsung heroes of The Italian Squad battle ruthless Black Hand thugs as well as fierce Italian-American prejudice. Moses skillfully tells the little known story of how a group of undercover cops risked their lives to help a vulnerable Italian immigrant population grow and thrive." -- Maria Laurino, author of The Italian Americans: A History"In this impeccably researched book, Paul Moses does a masterful job bringing to life the brave men on the front lines of what was a new era in law enforcement. The Italian Squad is a must read for any student of history and organized crime." -- Matt Birkbeck, author of The Life We Chose and The Quiet Don"Moses shows how the Italian Squad was one of the first examples of community policing. With a reporter’s eye for detail and a writer’s feel for the sweep of history, Moses brings to life not only Petrosino, martyred during an investigation in Italy, but those many men and women who continued his fight for law and order for nearly two decades." -- Helene Stapinski, author of Murder in Matera"For Gang Land's money, this book should be required reading for law enforcement, a reminder of how powerful organized crime can grow when it's ignored." -- Jerry Capeci * Gang Land *"The Italian Squad is a true-crime story expertly told and, though set in a bygone century, relevant to today’s concerns about immigration, prejudice, and policing." * PopMatters *"Historian Moses carefully strips away the mythology that has always shrouded the Italian squad and instead offers a nuanced portrait of brave, but flawed men who fought the good fight for their people and their city." * Italia Report USA *"In this explosive story, Moses carefully strips away the mythology that has always enveloped the Italian Squad and offers instead a nuanced portrait of brave but flawed men who fought the good fight for their people and their city." * The Brooklyn Daily Eagle *
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New York University Press Homeward Bound
Book SynopsisFirsthand accounts of migrants who settled in Britain offer new insights into empire, belonging, migration, and diasporaHomeward Bound shines a light on a neglected aspect of twentieth-century migration history. It compares two groups of migrantsSouthern Irish Protestants and the British in Indiawho returned to Britain from Ireland and India after independence in 1922 and 1947. By looking across national boundaries, Niamh Dillon explores both individual and collective narratives of imperial identity in the late British Empire and the prompts for return. For both groups, the success of national independence movements in the first half of the twentieth century was cataclysmic and prompted a large-scale migration to Britain. Between 1911 and 1926, the number of Protestants in the Irish Free State dropped from approximately 313,000 to 208,000, and much of the British population left India. Although these numbers are significant, these two groups have largely beTrade ReviewIn Homeward Bound Niamh Dillon uses her unusually long experience of long in-depth oral history interviews to highlight the memories and feelings of men and women and their families faced with the sudden collapse of a British Empire which had seemed so secure, on which the sun had never set. Homeward Bound is rich with the detail of Dillon's own recordings. But her book is all too rare in two other ways. Firstly by also using archival sources, which allow some statistical analysis, it is a model of mixed methods. And secondly, through contrasting the 'twilight of empire' in India and Ireland she brings out the variety of personal experience in the same years. The Irish Protestants could hang on because they had land and business interests; those once closest to power in India simply fled. Her book not only tells rich stories; it is a model of historical analysis. * Paul Thompson, Emeritus Professor in Sociology at the University of Essex, founder-editor of Oral History and author of The Voice of the Past, The Edwardians, and Living the Fishing *This excellent study opens up important new ground for many historians. It is a major contribution to understanding a relatively neglected aspect of Irish history, and adding understandings of Britishness and specifically Englishness. Moreover, it is a model of methods in comparative history, and scholars of both India and the British Empire will learn much from taking an Irish angle and perspective on their subjects. -- Professor Richard S. Grayson, Goldsmiths, University of LondonA compelling and highly original exploration of the end of empire through the moving comparative testimonies of southern Irish Protestants and British settlers in India. Dillon examines notions of ‘home’ and belonging, education, class and gender, and how these conflicted with independence movements and resistance to empire. The migrants’ eventual decision to leave amounted to an ‘imperial diaspora’ as they adjusted to homes and lives in a post-colonial Britain. -- Rob Perks, MBE, former Lead Curator of Oral History and Director of National Life Stories at the British LibraryFollows the slow motion collapse of the British Empire, through the fine detail of archive and oral history. Dillon’s fine-grained and sensitive discussion with two such communities, as they negotiate the meaning of ‘home,’ offers insights to similar groups, seeking a place as empires collapse throughout the world, and offers us routes out of dead end discourses of empire. -- Patrick O’Sullivan, Visiting Professor of Irish Diaspora Studies, London Metropolitan UniversityOpens up new possibilities for oral history and is a welcome addition to the history of everyday imperialism. Not only does Dillon show how life history approaches can make colonial mentalities visible, but by taking a comparative approach she reveals how geographical and historical contexts shaped colonial consciousness. At the same time, the oral histories are deftly handled as evidence and to retell some remarkable stories. -- Graham Smith, Deputy Head of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle UniversityCritically explores the changing meaning of ‘home’ for the individuals and families who composed Britain’s imperial network. Featuring a wonderful combination of archival materials and oral histories, Homeward Bound provides a valuable comparison across imperial sites to examine commonalities and divergences in the meaning(s) of belonging. -- Erica Wald, Senior Lecturer, Goldsmiths, University of LondonThis rich and sensitive treatment looks at how the homes of both these groups were more than family spaces, but also sites laden with imperial values. It is a history in uneasiness, of tensions with local populations before they leave, and of not fitting in as expected when they return ‘home’: viewed as not being a metropolitan elite, but rather another sector of the imperial diaspora. -- Ida Milne, editor, Irish Literary SupplementThe first three chapters are especially stimulating reads, the interviews at their heart providing insights into the complexities of British imperial diasporic identity and the manner in which these identities informed real life decisions as they were reshaped by historic events. Dillon’s exploration of the gender dimension to the experience of both British Indians and Irish Protestants is a primary strength of the book. In the final analysis, Homeward Bound demonstrates that the experiences of the ‘returnees’ were as much defined by contrasts as commonalities and leaves us with much to consider. I look forward to Dillon’s future research. * The Irish Story *Homeward Bound reverberates with subjective ambivalences about macropolitical change and its diasporic effects. Dillon’s generous quotations provide her interviewees with the space to unfurl both their instinctive affinity with 'returning' to Britain, and their laments for a lost place and status. Theoretically sophisticated and textually rich. * Irish Studies Review *Homeward Bound makes an important contribution to our understanding of imperial British identity at the end of Empire as well as shining a light on the experiences of migrants whose ‘return’ was triggered by the process of decolonisation and independent statehood. Its richly textured source material, rooted in these life stories, offers a model of comparative work for understanding how notions of belonging and home were shaped across the imperial diaspora. * Twentieth Century British History *A welcome addition to the study of 'return migration' in the twentieth century. Homeward Bound also contributes to scholarship on the comparative and connected histories of India and Ireland and it will surely prompt thoughts and reflections amongst specialists in those fields.... full of fascinating material that contributes to our wider understanding of imperial migration and comparative history... [and] the interviewees’ testimonies always stand out for their richness and detail. * H-Net Reviews *A thoughtful and detailed exploration of the comparisons and contrasts between two of Britain's imperial territories and the impact felt by the thousands of people who returned 'home' from those locations in the post-colonial era... For anyone interested in researching the background of family during this period, in particular, the findings will strike a chord.... The result is a book which is both an enjoyable and informative read. * The Journal of the Families in British India Society *
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New York University Press America As Seen on TV
Book SynopsisFinalist, 2020 Latino Book Awards, Best Academic Themed BookThe surprising effects of American TV on global viewers As a dominant cultural export, American television is often the first exposure to American ideals and the English language for many people throughout the world. Yet, American television is flawed, and, it represents race, class, and gender in ways that many find unfair and unrealistic. What happens, then, when people who grew up on American television decide to come to the United States? What do they expect to find, and what do they actually find? In America, As Seen on TV, Clara E. Rodriguez surveys international college students and foreign nationals working or living in the US to examine the impact of American television on their views of the US and on their expectations of life in the United States. She finds that many were surprised to learn that America is racially and economically diverse, and that it is not the easy-breezy, happy endings culture portrayed in the mTrade Review"This insightful book delves into the influence that watching US TV shows has on the viewers preconceptions and perceptions about race, class, and gender, and to what extent they are aware of this influence[A] timely and important contribution in understanding the global dominance of US TV." * Choice *"It may be useful for undergraduate courses in research methodology, particularly for the open and honest introduction that explains Rodriguezs reason for conducting the study in the first place. Rodriguezs expertise as a sociologist comes through here and she is systematic in approach and easy and enjoyable to read in analysis." * Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly *"This is an interesting and important book, as it provides sorely lacking data on not only viewer impressions of television (rather than the content analyses more common in media studies) but also on those of two populations of viewers; it also provides insight into how foreigners see the United States. This book would be very useful in an introduction to sociology class, as well as classes related to globalization or media studies. It is accessible for an undergraduate or even high school audience." * American Journal of Sociology *"All in all, the book presents interesting empirical findings ... It would most certainly be of interest to academics interested in audience research and the role of American TV." -- European Journal of Communication"Clara Rodríguez has produced an incisive and provocative study. Through intensive interviews and a thoughtful examination of scholarly literature on the media, she has provided a revealing examination of American televisions influence on global perceptions of the life and values of the United States.This is a landmark study of televisions role in shaping popular views of our nation, particularly its racial, ethnic, class, and gender diversity." -- Carlos E. Cortés, author of The Children Are Watching: How the Media Teach about Diversity"This engaging book provides a nuanced probing of the vast and complex literature on the & soft power of television here and abroad to examine how TV shapes the views of foreign born and U.S. millennials about representations of class, race, ethnicity, and gender in America. Through grounded analysis, the findings reveal not only the influence of viewers social and cultural backgrounds on their reception of American television programs, they also transform our understanding of the cultural embeddedness of the global television industry." -- Denise Bielby, author of Global TV: Exporting Television and Culture in the World Market"This book has valuable insights for those studying American soft power but offers even more to students and scholars interested in the impact of the representation of minority groups on television, as Rodríguez emphasizes questions of race, class and gender diversity in American television. Unlike previous studies which have mainly focused on international audiences viewing in their home countries, Rodríguez focuses on how depictions of American life on television can impact immigrants’ perceptions and expectations of America before and after arrival." * Critical Studies in Television *
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New York University Press Diaspora Lobbies and the US Government
Book SynopsisAs a nation ofimmigrants, the United States has long accepted that citizens who identify withan ancestral homeland may hold dual loyalties; yet Americans have at timesregarded the persistence of foreign ties with suspicion, seeing them as a sign ofpotential disloyalty and a threat to national security. Diaspora Lobbies and the US Government bringstogether a group of distinguished scholars of international politics andinternational migration to examine this contradiction in the realm of Americanpolicy making, ultimately concluding that the relationship between diasporagroups and the government can greatly affect foreign policy. This relationshipis not unidirectionalas much as immigrants make an effort to shape foreignpolicy, government legislators and administrators also seek to enlist them infurthering American interests.From Israel to Cuba and from Ireland to Iraq, the casestudies in this voluTrade ReviewThe array of case studies on Diaspora groups in the US in this edited volume provides not only critical insights into the evolution and status of those groups, but also offers astute analyses of their diverse and complex relationships with the US government as they seek to influence policy toward the homeland. Framed throughout by a well-articulated & divergence/convergence analytical approach, this volume facilitates comparative analysis and is a must-read for anyone engaged with issues related to Diaspora populations and transnational migration. -- Robert E. Maguire,author of Haiti Held HostageThese thoughtful essays carefully focus on the constraints diaspora groups face as they engage in foreign policy in their host and home countries.The book's emphasis on the how US state actors interact with diasporic groups underscores why such groups are less threatening to US interests than is often assumed. -- Rodolfo de la Garza,author of Latinos and U.S. Foreign Policy: Lobbying for the Homeland?Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix introduc tion 1 Diaspora-Government Relations in Forging US Foreign Policies 3 Josh DeWind and Renata Segura dia spor a s 2 The Effects of Diasporas' Nature, Types, and Goals on Hostland Foreign Policies 31 Gabriel Sheffer compe ting convergent or divergent intere s t s? 3 Between JDate and J Street: US Foreign Policy and the Liberal Jewish Dilemma in America 61 Yossi Shain and Neil Rogachevsky 4 Palestinians, Diasporas, and US Foreign Policy 76 Mohammed A. Bamyeh when dia spor a intere s t s shape foreign pol ic y 5 America's Role in the Northern Ireland Peace Process 97 Joseph E. Thompson 6 Cuban Americans and US Cuba Policy 132 Lisandro Perez viii Contents when government interests shape foreign policy 7 Diaspora Lobbying and Ethiopian Politics 163 Terrence Lyons 8 The Haitian Diaspora: Building Bridges after Catastrophe 185 Daniel P. Erikson diaspora-government convergence in policy making 9 The Iraqi Diaspora and the US Invasion of Iraq 211 Walt Vanderbush historical perspective 10 Convergence and Divergence Yesterday and Today in Diaspora-National Government Relations 239 Tony Smith Contributors 269 Index 273
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New York University Press The Slow Violence of Immigration Court
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMaya Pagni Barak demonstrates and argues convincingly that no amount of procedural justice reforms will protect non-citizen immigrant populations from the US deportation regime. The regime’s tentacles run too deep in these targeted communities to formally ensure their social inclusion. An essential read for those who care about our democratic future. * David Brotherton, co-author of Banished to the Homeland: Dominican Deportees and Their Stories of Exile *Too often, those of us thinking about how to reform the immigration system get lost in the minutiae of procedural law. Barak re-centers us: through gripping personal stories and diligent research, Barak paints a picture of a system in a straitjacket, which, instead of responding to the human suffering it should address, is used as a means of social control of marginalized populations. This is an urgent reading for those who are thinking deeply about how to ‘humanize’ this broken system and those trying to help undocumented people navigate the current labyrinth. * Steven Dudley, author of MS-13: The Making of America’s Most Notorious Gang *Barak draws from interviews and ethnographic observations to make a cogent case that the immigration court system needs far more than procedural reforms; it requires a radical reimagining. This book will be especially useful in classes on immigration and procedural justice as Barak eloquently weaves heart-wrenching stories with clear explanations of our complex system of immigration laws and courts. * Tanya Maria Golash-Boza, author of Deported: Immigrant Policing, Disposable Labor, and Global Capitalism *
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New York University Press The Slow Violence of Immigration Court
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMaya Pagni Barak demonstrates and argues convincingly that no amount of procedural justice reforms will protect non-citizen immigrant populations from the US deportation regime. The regime’s tentacles run too deep in these targeted communities to formally ensure their social inclusion. An essential read for those who care about our democratic future. * David Brotherton, co-author of Banished to the Homeland: Dominican Deportees and Their Stories of Exile *Too often, those of us thinking about how to reform the immigration system get lost in the minutiae of procedural law. Barak re-centers us: through gripping personal stories and diligent research, Barak paints a picture of a system in a straitjacket, which, instead of responding to the human suffering it should address, is used as a means of social control of marginalized populations. This is an urgent reading for those who are thinking deeply about how to ‘humanize’ this broken system and those trying to help undocumented people navigate the current labyrinth. * Steven Dudley, author of MS-13: The Making of America’s Most Notorious Gang *Barak draws from interviews and ethnographic observations to make a cogent case that the immigration court system needs far more than procedural reforms; it requires a radical reimagining. This book will be especially useful in classes on immigration and procedural justice as Barak eloquently weaves heart-wrenching stories with clear explanations of our complex system of immigration laws and courts. * Tanya Maria Golash-Boza, author of Deported: Immigrant Policing, Disposable Labor, and Global Capitalism *
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New York University Press States of Return
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New York University Press States of Return
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New York University Press Forced Out
Book SynopsisFeatures the stories of undocumented mothers who reunite with their children in the US years after fleeing violence at homeFacing escalating chaos and violence in their home countries, many Central American mothers have found that a desperate flight to the north was their only choice. Many left their children behind in order to spare them the hardships of the journey. If they made it across the border without getting locked up or deported, they entered a country increasingly unwilling to recognize claims of asylum. This book features the stories of women who crossed the border without encountering immigration authorities, in some cases several times, and settled in the greater Washington, DC, area, living in the shadows for years. By centering on the voices of the women themselves, it offers an intimate look at what drove them from home and the challenges they face in reuniting years later with their children. Forced Out traces the women's evolving attitudes toward the violence embTrade ReviewDeft storytelling, seasoned legal and anthropological understanding, and an unflinching moral compass—these are some of the attributes that make Susan Terrio’s probing study of Central American women’s forced migration to the United States such a valuable addition to the literature on this searing, contemporary issue. -- Jacqueline Bhabha, author of Can We Solve the Migration Crisis?Clear, vivid, and emotionally impactful. . . . The stories featured are diverse, usefully selected, and revealing. The quality of fieldwork is clear; this sort of intimacy represents a real accomplishment in ethnography. -- Josiah Heyman, The University of Texas at El PasoTerrio does a beautiful job of articulating the experiences of the undocumented Central American women whose stories are woven throughout the book. . . . Playing with the metaphor of the mouth of the shark, she leads us through their experiences as they run from the shark, are swallowed and spit out by the shark, and escape with devastating bruises. . . . Though they escape physically from the shark that is the violence in Central America, it follows them through their complicated, difficult transnational relationships with family members. Their stories, and Terrio’s narratives, depict intergenerational histories of abuse and agency, of harm and decision making within the limited bounds available to these women and their children. -- Marjorie Zatz, University of California, Merced
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New York University Press The Cultural Politics of U.S. Immigration
Book SynopsisHow the immigration policies and popular culture of the 1980's fused to shape modern views on democracyIn the 1980s, amid increasing immigration from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia, the circle of who was considered American seemed to broaden, reflecting the democratic gains made by racial minorities and women. Although this expanded circle was increasingly visible in the daily lives of Americans through TV shows, films, and popular news media, these gains were circumscribed by the discourse that certain immigrants, for instance single and working mothers, were feared, censured, or welcomed exclusively as laborers. In The Cultural Politics of U.S. Immigration, Leah Perry argues that 1980s immigration discourse in law and popular media was a crucial ingredient in the cohesion of the neoliberal idea of democracy. Blending critical legal analysis with a feminist media studies methodology over a range of sources, including legal documents, congressional debates, and popular media, sTrade ReviewImpressive in scope, The Cultural Politics of US Immigration explores popular culture, political rhetoric, and legal discourses from the 1980s and early 1990s as staging grounds for the transformation of multiculturalism and the erosion of welfare policies in ways that anticipated contemporary neoliberal debates. Well-researched and clearly argued, Perrys comparative emphasis on several migratory groups will make a significant contribution to immigration studies. An ambitious book. -- Claudia Sadowski-Smith,author of Border Fictions: Globalization, Empire, and Writing at the Boundaries of the U.S.Provocative and well-researched,The Cultural Politics of US Immigrationanalyzes the public sentiment, congressional discourse, and cultural politics surrounding immigration reform.Methodologically innovative, Leah Perry pulls multiple disciplinary threads in order to produce a unique paradigm for studying the relationship between popular culture and public policy. -- Isabel Molina-Guzmán,author of Dangerous Curves: Latina Bodies in the Media
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New York University Press Immigrants Under Threat
Book SynopsisCo-Winner, 2019 Latina/o Section Distinguished Contribution to Research Book Award, given by the American Sociological AssociationA portrait of two Mexican immigrant communities confronting threats of deportation, detention, and dispossession Everyday life as an immigrant in a deportation nation is fraught with risk, but everywhere immigrants confront repression and dispossession, they also manifest resistance in ways big and small. Immigrants Under Threat shifts the conversation from what has been done to Mexican immigrants to what they do in response. From private strategies of avoidance, to public displays of protest, immigrant resistance is animated by the massive demographic shifts that started in 1965 and an immigration enforcement regime whose unprecedented scope and intensity has made daily life increasingly perilous. Immigrants Under Threat focuses on the way the material needs of everyday life both enable and constrain participation iTrade ReviewIn this beautifully written and analytically rich text, James C. Scott meets Tilly, Tarrow, and McAdam. Employing a comparative case study approach focusing on two California cities (one with open and one with closed political opportunity structures), Prieto draws from three years of intensive ethnographic fieldwork and over 60 interviews with activists and community members in order to enrich our understanding of the relationship between immigrants’ quotidian strategies of survival and their decisions to participate (or not) in public community activism. * Mobilization Journal *Immigrants Under Threat is a captivating text that renders heart-wrenchingly clear what it is like to live as a target during the current era of mass deportation. Drawing from extensive ethnographic work with immigrant communities, Prieto elucidates how immigrants vulnerabilities place severe constraints on their ability to organize. This book makes it clear that deportability, legal violence, and precarity shape the lives and possibilities of immigrants and their families today. Theoretically-informed and powerfully written, this book is a must read for both migration and social movements scholars and students. -- Tanya Golash-Boza, Author of Deported: Immigrant Policing, Disposable Labor, and Global CapitalismGreg Prieto deploys the concept of material moorings to illuminate immigrants dilemma: their trust in the police to address grievances and their rejection of police racialized tactics in immigration enforcement. At its core, this book makes a compelling case for linking immigrants private strategies of avoiding detection and deportation with their activism and public contention. It is rich, engaging, insightful, and a welcome exploration of the conditions that both constrain and inspire immigrant social movement organizing. Highly recommended. -- Cecilia Menjívar, Co-Author of Immigrant FamiliesA modest masterpiece, Immigrants Under Threat appears just when we need it most! Deeply immersed in the immigrant experience, Greg Prieto explores peoples sense of identity, their political orientation and activism, and their acute consciousness of repression and modes of resistance to it. With a thorough grasp of US immigration politics historically and in the present Prieto gives so much: a beautiful and respectful ethnography, a guide to the immigrants rights movement, and a probing glimpse of grassroots Latin@ politics today. Along the way, Prieto teaches community organization skills, reflects on US nativism and how to resist it, and shows what action research is all about. The strength and clarity of Latin@ immigrants in the US today, individually and collectively, comes through very strongly. Highly recommended for adoption in the social sciences and Latin@ studies, as well as in humanities and cultural studies courses across the disciplines. -- Howard Winant, Co-Author of Racial Formation in the United StatesImmigrants Under Threat offers an engaging, persuasive account of the range of ways undocumented immigrants perceive and respond to the threat of deportation. Greg Prieto challenges scholars, policymakers, and activists alike to look beyond avoidance strategies to also consider the novel—and, sometimes, very visible—ways undocumented immigrants resist an increasingly punitive U.S. immigration system through social movement participation. * Social Forces *Immigrants Under Threat is an important contribution to ongoing discussions of immigration, policing, and social movements. Given the ongoing crises along the U.S.-Mexico border and President Trump’s overt animosity and directed racism at Mexican Americans and immigrants, it is a timely read. * American Journal of Sociology *
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New York University Press The Cultural Politics of U.S. Immigration
Book SynopsisHow the immigration policies and popular culture of the 1980's fused to shape modern views on democracyIn the 1980s, amid increasing immigration from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia, the circle of who was considered American seemed to broaden, reflecting the democratic gains made by racial minorities and women. Although this expanded circle was increasingly visible in the daily lives of Americans through TV shows, films, and popular news media, these gains were circumscribed by the discourse that certain immigrants, for instance single and working mothers, were feared, censured, or welcomed exclusively as laborers. In The Cultural Politics of U.S. Immigration, Leah Perry argues that 1980s immigration discourse in law and popular media was a crucial ingredient in the cohesion of the neoliberal idea of democracy. Blending critical legal analysis with a feminist media studies methodology over a range of sources, including legal documents, congressional debates, and popular media, sTrade ReviewImpressive in scope, The Cultural Politics of US Immigration explores popular culture, political rhetoric, and legal discourses from the 1980s and early 1990s as staging grounds for the transformation of multiculturalism and the erosion of welfare policies in ways that anticipated contemporary neoliberal debates. Well-researched and clearly argued, Perrys comparative emphasis on several migratory groups will make a significant contribution to immigration studies. An ambitious book. -- Claudia Sadowski-Smith,author of Border Fictions: Globalization, Empire, and Writing at the Boundaries of the U.S.Provocative and well-researched,The Cultural Politics of US Immigrationanalyzes the public sentiment, congressional discourse, and cultural politics surrounding immigration reform.Methodologically innovative, Leah Perry pulls multiple disciplinary threads in order to produce a unique paradigm for studying the relationship between popular culture and public policy. -- Isabel Molina-Guzmán,author of Dangerous Curves: Latina Bodies in the Media
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New York University Press The New American Servitude
Book SynopsisFinalist, 2020 Elliott P. Skinner Award, given by the Association of Africanist AnthropologyExamines why African care workers feel politically excluded from the United States Care for America's growing elderly population is increasingly provided by migrants, and the demand for health care labor is only expected to grow. Because of this health care crunch and the low barriers to entry, new African immigrants have adopted elder care as a niche employment sector, funneling their friends and relatives into this occupation. However, elder care puts care workers into racialized, gendered, and age hierarchies, making it difficult for them to achieve social and economic mobility. In The New American Servitude, Coe demonstrates how these workers often struggle to find a sense of political and social belonging. They are regularly subjected to racial insults and demonstrations of powerand effectively turned into servantsat the hands of other members of th
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New York University Press From Deportation to Prison
Book SynopsisWinner, 2017 Oliver Cromwell Cox Book AwardA thorough and captivating exploration of how mass incarceration and law and order policies of the past forty years have transformed immigration and border enforcementCriminal prosecutions for immigration offenses have more than doubled over the last two decades, as national debates about immigration and criminal justice reforms became headline topics. What lies behind this unprecedented increase? From Deportation to Prison unpacks how the incarceration of over two million people in the United States gave impetus to a federal immigration initiativeThe Criminal Alien Program (CAP)designed to purge non-citizens from dangerously overcrowded jails and prisons. Drawing on over a decade of ethnographic and archival research, the findings in this book reveal how the Criminal Alien Program quietly set off a punitive turn in immigration enforcement that has fundamentally altered detention, deportation, and criminTrade ReviewPatrisia Macias-Rojas book,From Deportation to Prison: The Politics of Immigration Enforcement in Post-Civil Rights America, provides rich insight into domestic border security in the Southern Arizona/Sonora region. * Theory in Action *This is an important book that scholars of both immigration and criminalization should read. The argument [namely, that the Criminal Alien Program (CAP) is responsible for a large portion of deportations] is well constructed and provocative, and Macías-Rojas breaks new empirical and theoretical ground. * International Migration Review *In From Deportation to Prison, Patrisia Macías-Rojas aptly situates the current deportation regime within a broader historical context by drawing on a decade of ethnographic fieldwork, hundreds of in-depth interviews in southern Arizona, and archival research in Washington, DC. Furthermore, Macías-Rojas contributes to the burgeoning deportation literature by drawing connections between the current deportation regime and mass incarceration in the United States. * Journal of American Ethnic History *Patrisia Macías-Rojas is a sociologist and yet her in-depth ethnographic fieldwork will be very familiar to readers with a background in Anthropology Political and legal anthropologists, especially those working with fraught social issues, will likely consider Macías-Rojas research design a model of exceptionally solid empirical work. * Polar Journal *From Deportation to Prison provides a fascinating and original view of the day-to-day workings of the immigration detention system, based on fieldwork, interviews, and archival research conducted over a 10 year period. An exciting and high-quality work. -- Susan Bibler Coutin, author of Nation of EmigrantsPatrisia Macias-Rojas' commanding book narrates the profound restructuring of immigration policies in the US. Using rich ethnographic data and sharp policy analyses, she shows how the merging of enforcement and deportation policies with the rigid structures of the criminal justice system result in a vicious punishment regime. The book makes a compelling case for cross-movement organizing and is essential reading for scholars, activists and policy makers. -- Beth E. Richie,author of Arrested JusticeThe book largely brackets out activities of the powerful private prison-industrial complex, an important player in the growing criminalization of immigrants the book significantly our understanding of how and why the current immigration enforcement debacle came to be. It will be of particular interest scholars of race and immigration, inequality, and public policy. * American Journal of Sociology *
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New York University Press Organizing While Undocumented
Book SynopsisFinalist, 2020 C. Wright Mills Award, given by the Society for the Study of Social ProblemsHonorable Mention, 2021 Asian America Section Book Award, given by the American Sociological AssociationAn inspiring look inside immigrant youth's political activism in perilous times Undocumented immigrants in the United States who engage in social activism do so at great risk: the threat of deportation. In Organizing While Undocumented, Kevin Escudero shows why and howdespite this riskmany of them bravely continue to fight on the front lines for their rights. Drawing on more than five years of research, including interviews with undocumented youth organizers, Escudero focuses on the movement's epicentersSan Francisco, Chicago, and New York Cityto explain the impressive political success of the undocumented immigrant community. He shows how their identities as undocumented immigrants, but also as queer individuals, people of colTrade ReviewNever before have I read an empirical and theoretical book-length treatise on intersectionality as the identity politics of a US social movement, in this case, one of the most prominent: that of unauthorized immigrant youth. This highly sophisticated analysis centers the organizing of the usually-unseen Asian ethnics without papers and interrelates social axes and activist strategies by way of the undocuqueer movement. Organizing While Undocumented is an indispensable read for anyone interested in the intersection of race, legal status, queer identity, and gender in activism and for anyone seeking a model of meticulous and incisive analysis that is both razor-sharp and inspiring. -- Nadia Y. Kim, author of Imperial Citizens: Koreans and Race from Seoul to LAOrganizing While Undocumented is a timely and powerful book that makes a major contribution to contemporary debates over immigration and citizenship. The courage and tenacity of undocumented Latino and Asian youth activists shine through in this book, revealing inspiring stories of personal and societal transformation. -- Rick Baldoz, author of The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946Since the massive immigrant-rights protests of 2006, the undocumented youth movement has emerged as one of the most powerful social movements of our time. Organizing While Undocumented offers an enlightening perspective of the more nuanced aspects of identify formation and cross-issue campaigns that undergird the importance and influence of this social movement. Timely and incredibly relevant, this book is a must-read for those interested in the contemporary processes of migration, identity, and protest. -- Roberto G. Gonzales, author of Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in AmericaThe book does a great job highlighting how immigrant-rights activists think about and mobilize their intersectional identities to advance their civil rights agenda locally and nationally. [...] Escudero’s work will certainly be a model to conduct further work on mobilizations around immigrant rights. * Social Forces *
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New York University Press Girlhood in the Borderlands
Book SynopsisHow gender and generation shape perceptions of place and time as told through the voices of Mexican teenage girls This book examines the lived experiences of Mexican teenage girls raised in transnational families and the varied ways they make meaning of their lives. Under the Bracero Program and similar recruitment programs, Mexican men have for decades been recruited for temporary work in the U.S., leaving their families for long periods of time to labor in the fields, factories, and service industry before returning home again. While the conditions for these adults who cross the border for work has been extensively documented, very little attention has been paid to the lives of those left behind. Over a six-year period, Lilia Soto interviewed more than sixty teenage girls in Napa, California and Zinapécuaro, Michoacán to reveal the ruptures and continuities felt for the girls surrounded by the movement of families, ideas, and social practices across borders. As they develop their subTrade ReviewLilia Soto brings fresh perspectives to our understanding of transnational migration through the eyes of Mexican teenage girls. Her analysis of their shifting temporal and spatial imaginaries illuminates how neoliberal thinking permeates life in Mexico and the United States. -- Patricia Zavella ,University of California, Santa CruzGirlhood in the Borderlands is a compassionate and compelling binational multi-site ethnography. It reveals the hardships and heartaches of lives interrupted, but also the determination and dignity of young women coming of age on both sides of the border. With an attentive ear and a discerning eye, Lilia Soto chronicles how immigration shapes the contours of gender and generation in unexpected ways by requiring young women to develop complex cognitive mappings of time and place, and to make meaning in their lives under conditions they do not control. -- George Lipsitz,author of How Racism Takes Place
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New York University Press Citizens but Not Americans
Book SynopsisAn exploration of how race shapes Latino millennials' notions of national belonging Latino millennials constitute the second largest segment of the millennial population. By sheer numbers they will inevitably have a significant social, economic, and political impact on U.S. society. Beyond basic demographics, however, not much is known about how they make sense of themselves as Americans.In Citizens but Not Americans,Nilda Flores-González examines how Latino millennials understand race, experience race, and develop notions of belonging. Based on nearly one hundred interviews, Flores-González argues that though these young Latina/os are U.S. citizens by birth, they do not feel they are part of the American project, and are forever at the margins looking in. The book provides an inside look at how characteristics such as ancestry, skin color, social class, gender, language and culture converge and shape these youths' feelings of belonging as they navigate everyday rTrade ReviewIn building her argument about how U.S.-born Latino millennials challenge the conventional black-white racial binary, Flores-González redefines the idea that Latinos constitute a racial middle … This study provides an excellent example of theory building embedded in qualitative research. The author incorporates scholarship from sociology and political science, as well as ethnic studies, to explain the broader theoretical context in a way that is accessible for advanced undergraduate students and beyond. For these reasons, Citizens but Not Americans makes a significant contribution to literature on race, Latinos, and citizenship. -- American Journal of SociologyA timely book that captures the racial world that Latino millennials experience in the United States. Required reading for people who want a glimpse of what the future is likely to hold for Latinos. -- Rogelio Sáenz, Co-author of Latinos in the United States: Diversity and ChangeNilda Flores-González challenges scholars to move beyond current conceptualizations of race, the racial order, and national inclusion that do not match Latinos self-understandings as racialized subjects. Her theorization of the & racial middle is the most comprehensive and nuanced analysis of this concept to date. A major contribution to the literature on race in general and on Latinos in particular. -- Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Author of Racism without RacistsProfessor Flores-González advances theoretical notions of race and belonging by proposing a hybrid framework of ethnoracial citizenship . . . contributes to our understanding of the millennial generationa group that is often talked about but of which we have little scholarly knowledge. -- Vilma Ortiz, Co-author of Generations of Exclusion: Mexican Americans, Assimilation, and RaceUses the poignant voices of Latino millennials to show how being born into the nation does not guarantee a sense of full social inclusion. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in why belonging, race, and citizenship matter for Latinos and the larger society. -- Leo Chavez, Author of The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the NationFlores-González's research is thorough...This text could become a valuable resourcefor non-Latinos to gain a better understanding of fellow American citizens of Latino heritage, many of whom have been here for generations. * Voices of Youth Advocates (VOYA) *
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New York University Press Deported
Book SynopsisWinner, 2016 Distinguished Contribution to Research Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association Latino/a SectionThe intimate stories of 147 deportees that exposes the racialized and gendered dimensions of mass deportations in the U.S.The United States currently is deporting more people than ever before: 4 million people have been deported since 1997 twice as many as all people deported prior to 1996. There is a disturbing pattern in the population deported: 97% of deportees are sent to Latin America or the Caribbean, and 88% are men, many of whom were originally detained through the U.S. criminal justice system. Weaving together hard-hitting critique and moving first-person testimonials, Deported tells the intimate stories of people caught in an immigration law enforcement dragnet that serves the aims of global capitalism.Tanya Golash-Boza uses the stories of 147 of these deportees to explore the racialized and gendered dimensionTrade ReviewSociologist Golash-Boza offers a provocative assessment of mass migration into the US by putting it into a larger arena where laws that restrict free migration create a global apartheid that benefits Global North elites at the expense of the laboring masses in the Global South. * CHOICE *By drawing on the everyday experiences of deportees and connecting them to global capitalism, the neoliberal cycle, and racialized social control, Tanya Golash-Bozas work provides a much needed macro-level analysis of mass deportation. * American Journal of Sociology *Tanya Golash-Boza has written a brilliant book that demonstrates the social suffering and global apartheid produced by neoliberalism, global capitalism and transnational labor markets. This book gives a human face to the problem of mass deportation and reveals the tragic consequences of mass deportation for laborers in the Americas. This book is a major contribution to immigration, social justice and human rights literature. It should be required reading for anyone interested in global capitalism, political economy, human rights and immigration. -- France Winddance Twine,co-editor of Geographies of PrivilegeGolash-Boza has written a timely, provocative, insightful, and important work about mass deportation. It encompasses deeply personaloften quite movingnarratives from the darkest corners of the global deportation machinery, before, during, and after deportation.This book must be read by all who care about the often dreadful effects of deportation on individuals, families, and communitiesand especially by the policy-makers, legislators, and judges who, often uncritically, continue to craft and implement deportation from the United States and around the world. -- Daniel Kanstroom,author of Aftermath: Deportation Law and the New American DiasporaDeported is a novel contribution to sociology and a student-friendly text that effectively serves both scholars of the United States and scholars of global migration. * International Migration Review *This seminal book reveals the range of the deportee experience and should be used in the classroom and by researchers interested in why some move to her countries and what happens when they are forced to leave. * Latino Studies *
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New York University Press The New Immigrant Whiteness
Book SynopsisExplores the racialization of immigrants from post-Soviet states and the nuances of citizenship for this new diaspora. Mapping representations of post-1980s immigration from the former Soviet Union to the United States in interviews, reality TV shows, fiction, and memoirs, Claudia Sadowski-Smith shows how this nationally and ethnically diverse group is associated with idealized accounts of the assimilation and upward mobility of early twentieth-century arrivals from Europe. As it traces the contributions of historical Eastern European migration to the emergence of a white racial identity that continues to provide privileges to many post-Soviet migrants, the book places the post-USSR diaspora into larger discussions about the racialization of contemporary US immigrants under neoliberal conditions. The New Immigrant Whiteness argues that legal status on arrivalas participants in refugee, marriage, labor, and adoptive migration impacts post-Soviet immigrants' encounters with growing socioTrade ReviewSadowski-Smith excels in her comparative analysis of former Soviet immigrants—who are unquestionably white but have segmented access to citizenship based on their legal status—and other immigrant groups similarly associated with upward mobility. -- CHOICEThis multi-layered, cross-disciplinary book makes us aware of the shades of whiteness that tend to be systematically erased when subjected to the binary color line that historically defines racial difference in the US. Looking at areas of representation as diverse as reality TV, literature, and international adoption, Sadowski-Smith's study of immigration from the post-Soviet region makes a persuasive argument for a subtle, relational understanding of race and ethnicity as flexible, historically shifting categories. -- Anikó Imre,University of Southern CaliforniaThis amazingly rich book provides a much-needed window into the diverse Post-Soviet diaspora and offers a new understanding of how immigrant whiteness and race work today. Sadowski-Smith's original interdisciplinary approach and cross-ethnic comparative research make The New Immigrant Whiteness stand out in the field of migration studies. Scholars and students seeking to understand the transnational cultures, gender and family dynamics, and migration and adaptation strategies of contemporary European migrants need to start with this book. -- Erika Lee,University of Minnesota
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New York University Press Border Politics
Book SynopsisBy conceptualizing struggles over identity, social belonging and exclusion as extensions of border politics, the authors capture the complex ways in which geographic, cultural, and symbolic dividing lines are blurred and transcended, but also fortified and redrawn.Trade Review"Border Politics is a groundbreaking book on how borders and boundariesboth territorial and symbolicshape the mobilization of social movements at the same time that they are instrumental in the very often conflicting identity construction processes of social movements participants. Nancy A. Naples and Jennifer Bickham Mendez have arranged a significant, comprehensive, and timely collection of essays." -- Pablo Vila,author of Border Identifications and Ethnography at the Border"The edited collection offers an important contribution to the sociology of bordering. Rather than focusing on struggles over the militarization of geographical borderlands as outlined by scholars like Reece Jones, the contribution of the book lies in its original approach to the analysis of social movements for which borders and boundaries are sites of struggle. More precisely, the chapters depict how these social movements maintain, contest, produce, and dissolve borders and boundaries." * Border Criminologies *"This edited volume highlights many contemporary geopolitical issues in the social sciences. The contributors take a global perspective, examining problems from Asia, North America, Australia, Europe, and Africa." * Choice *Table of Contents1. Border Politics: Contests over Territory, Nation, Identity, 1 and Belonging Jennifer Bickham Mendez and Nancy A. Naples Part I: Gendered, Ethno-Nationalist Struggles and Militarization 2. "Border Granny Wants You!": Grandmothers Policing Nation 35 at the US-Mexico Border Jennifer L. Johnson 3. Defending the Nation: Militarism, Women's Empowerment, 60 and the Hindu Right Meera Sehgal 4. Borders, Territory, and Ethnicity: Women and the Naga 95 Peace Process Duncan McDuie-Ra 5. Imperial Gazes and Queer Politics: Re/Reading Female 120 Political Subjectivity in Pakistan Moon M. Charania Part II: Politicized Identities and Belonging 6. Indigenous Peoples and Colonial Borders: Sovereignty, 153 Nationhood, Identity, and Activism Sarah Maddison 7. Constricting Boundaries: Collective Identity in the Tea 177 Party Movement Deana A. Rohlinger, Jesse Klein, Tara M. Stamm, and Kyle Rogers 8. Occupy Slovenia: How Migrant Movements Contributed 206 to New Forms of Direct Democracy Maple Razsa and Andrej Kurnik 9. Challenging Borders, Imagining Europe: Transnational 230 LGBT Activism in a New Europe Phillip M. Ayoub and David Paternotte Part III: Contested Solidarities and Emerging Sites of Struggle 10. Frames, Boomerangs, and Global Assemblages: Border 261 Distortions in the Global Resistance to Dam Building in Lesotho Yvonne A. Braun and Michael C. Dreiling 11. Networks, Place, and Barriers to Cross-Border Organizing
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New York University Press Citizen Student Soldier
Book SynopsisSince the 1990s, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) programs have experienced unprecedented expansion in American public schools. The program and its proliferation in poor, urban schools districts with large numbers of Latina/o and African American students is not without controversy. Public support is often based on the belief that the program provides much-needed discipline for at risk youth. Meanwhile, critics of JROTC argue that the program is a recruiting tool for the U.S. military and is yet another example of an increasingly punitive climate that disproportionately affect youth of color in American public schools. Citizen, Student, Soldier intervenes in these debates, providing critical ethnographic attention to understanding the motivations, aspirations, and experiences of students who participate in increasing numbers in JROTC programs. These students have complex reasons for their participation, reasons that challenge the reductive idea that they are either dangeroTrade ReviewCitizen, Student, Soldieroffers a nuanced portrait of the nexus between race, militarism, and contemporary public education, giving fresh insight to the deeply intertwined histories of Latina/os and military service. Written in accessible prose and drawing from Latina/o studies, political science, anthropology, and critical military studies, Perezs text represents an invaluable contribution toward our understanding of race, social membership. National belonging and what it means to be a & good citizen. * Lat Stud *Citizen, Student, Soldieris an important book for scholars and students of U.S. anthropology. It could form the backbone for a course on an increasingly militarized homeland that stubbornly remains invisible. By making & America visible, Perez also makes it available for critique. * American Anthropologist *Readers will find detailed descriptions of marginalized youths attempts to undertake positive forms of development that might lead to social inclusion. Perez puts these descriptions in context in terms of the current debates about citizenship in the US, including civic obligation, social opportunity, and US militarism in the & land of opportunity. * CHOICE *In this important and much anticipated work anthropologist extraordinaire Gina Pérez provides a powerful portrait of the making of American citizenship today. By examining Latino/a youth and their aspirations and attitudes towards the JROTC in relation to the rapid expansion of the military and larger neoliberal policies of retrenchment, Perez challenges narrow understandings of citizenship through a rich portrayal that truly honors their voices and dreams. -- Arlene Davila,New York UniversityPresents a provocative analysis of how young Latinas and Latinos navigate the JROTC program, where significant portions of the participants are students of color and young women, in the context of neoliberalism and the new American militarism. Pérez argues persuasively that Latina/o youths aspirations for recognition as full citizens within limited structural conditions lead them toward the personal, social, and economic benefits offered by the military. Her work provides a fresh perspective on Latino youth, the military as an avenue for upward mobility, and citizenship in the post 9/11 era. -- Patricia Zavella,University of California, Santa CruzPerezs new book is a very readable, even conversational, account of the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps or JROTC in a high school in OhioCitizen, Student, Soldier is highly accessible, depending more heavily on descriptions and interviews than on theoretical argument. While Perez does engage some of the theoretical questions of the day, the book is not especially theory-driven. That is mostly a positive for making the book readable and relevant * Anthropology Review Database *
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New York University Press America As Seen on TV
Book SynopsisFinalist, 2020 Latino Book Awards, Best Academic Themed BookThe surprising effects of American TV on global viewers As a dominant cultural export, American television is often the first exposure to American ideals and the English language for many people throughout the world. Yet, American television is flawed, and, it represents race, class, and gender in ways that many find unfair and unrealistic. What happens, then, when people who grew up on American television decide to come to the United States? What do they expect to find, and what do they actually find? In America, As Seen on TV, Clara E. Rodríguez surveys international college students and foreign nationals working or living in the US to examine the impact of American television on their views of the US and on their expectations of life in the United States. She finds that many were surprised to learn that America is racially and economically diverse, and that it is not the easy-breezy, happy endings culture portrayed in the mTrade Review"This insightful book delves into the influence that watching US TV shows has on the viewers preconceptions and perceptions about race, class, and gender, and to what extent they are aware of this influence[A] timely and important contribution in understanding the global dominance of US TV." * Choice *"It may be useful for undergraduate courses in research methodology, particularly for the open and honest introduction that explains Rodriguezs reason for conducting the study in the first place. Rodriguezs expertise as a sociologist comes through here and she is systematic in approach and easy and enjoyable to read in analysis." * Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly *"This is an interesting and important book, as it provides sorely lacking data on not only viewer impressions of television (rather than the content analyses more common in media studies) but also on those of two populations of viewers; it also provides insight into how foreigners see the United States. This book would be very useful in an introduction to sociology class, as well as classes related to globalization or media studies. It is accessible for an undergraduate or even high school audience." * American Journal of Sociology *"All in all, the book presents interesting empirical findings ... It would most certainly be of interest to academics interested in audience research and the role of American TV." -- European Journal of Communication"Clara Rodríguez has produced an incisive and provocative study. Through intensive interviews and a thoughtful examination of scholarly literature on the media, she has provided a revealing examination of American televisions influence on global perceptions of the life and values of the United States.This is a landmark study of televisions role in shaping popular views of our nation, particularly its racial, ethnic, class, and gender diversity." -- Carlos E. Cortés, author of The Children Are Watching: How the Media Teach about Diversity"This engaging book provides a nuanced probing of the vast and complex literature on the & soft power of television here and abroad to examine how TV shapes the views of foreign born and U.S. millennials about representations of class, race, ethnicity, and gender in America. Through grounded analysis, the findings reveal not only the influence of viewers social and cultural backgrounds on their reception of American television programs, they also transform our understanding of the cultural embeddedness of the global television industry." -- Denise Bielby, author of Global TV: Exporting Television and Culture in the World Market"This book has valuable insights for those studying American soft power but offers even more to students and scholars interested in the impact of the representation of minority groups on television, as Rodríguez emphasizes questions of race, class and gender diversity in American television. Unlike previous studies which have mainly focused on international audiences viewing in their home countries, Rodríguez focuses on how depictions of American life on television can impact immigrants’ perceptions and expectations of America before and after arrival." * Critical Studies in Television *
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New York University Press Immigration Emigration and Migration
Book SynopsisImmigration, Emigration and Migration consists of essays written by distinguished scholars across the fields of law, political science, and philosophy that examine questions of travel and migration across national borders. Questions of immigration and border enforcement practices are particularly salient in contemporary public discourse, and examinations of policy and practice bring forth new philosophical quandaries. Why the common assumption that each country has the right to control its own borders? How are laws that restrict or regulate migration created and justified? Why has the criminalization of migration increased? How can migration be better considered through the point of view of the migrants themselves? What are the differences in international and national institutional migratory policy? The volume explores questions of border control and enforcement, criminalization of borders, and how to address current debates and changes in regards to migration an
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New York University Press Illegal Encounters
Book SynopsisThe impact of the U.S. immigration and legal systems on children and youth In the United States, millions of children are undocumented migrants or have family members who came to the country without authorization. The unique challenges with which these children and youth must cope demand special attention. Illegal Encounters considers illegality, deportability, and deportation in the lives of young peoplethose who migrate as well as those who are affected by the migration of others. A primary focus of the volume is to understand how children and youth encounter, move through, or are outside of a range of legal processes, including border enforcement, immigration detention, federal custody, courts, and state processes of categorization. Even if young people do not directly interact with state immigration systemsbecause they are U.S. citizens or have avoided detentionthey are nonetheless deeply affected by the reach of the government in its many forms. Contributors privilege the voicesTrade Review"Illegal Encounters examines the experiences of young migrants, bringing critical social, cultural, and legal perspectives to issues as current as todays headlines. The collection of scholars is superb, and includes authors who themselves migrated to the U.S. as children. Rarely does an edited volume result in such integrated and coherent chapters to produce an instant classic that challenges what we think we know about the migration experience. Illegal Encounters is a must read for anyone interested in how young people manage the perilous journey across borders and the U.S. legal system." -- Leo R. Chavez,author of The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation"Deborah A. Boehm and Susan J. Terrio have assembled a powerful and heart-wrenching collection of essays that elucidate the myriad ways young peoples lives are shaped, and often devastated, by the immigration laws and enforcement practices of the United States. This volume brings together the voices of leading immigration scholars, practitioners, and people directly affected by our punitive immigration laws. This assemblage of gripping narratives will be a valuable read for anyone wishing to know more about how immigration laws affect youth, and consequently, the future of this nation. Those who teach courses on immigration, race, ethnicity, children and youth, as well as justice will find this volume to be a compelling addition to their course." -- Tanya Golash-Boza,University of California, Merced"Shines much needed light on the effects of US immigration policy on young migrants in the United States… Illegal Encounters establishes critical terrain for further scholarship and advocacy." * Political and Legal Anthropology Review *
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New York University Press Girlhood in the Borderlands
Book SynopsisHow gender and generation shape perceptions of place and time as told through the voices of Mexican teenage girls This book examines the lived experiences of Mexican teenage girls raised in transnational families and the varied ways they make meaning of their lives. Under the Bracero Program and similar recruitment programs, Mexican men have for decades been recruited for temporary work in the U.S., leaving their families for long periods of time to labor in the fields, factories, and service industry before returning home again. While the conditions for these adults who cross the border for work has been extensively documented, very little attention has been paid to the lives of those left behind. Over a six-year period, Lilia Soto interviewed more than sixty teenage girls in Napa, California and Zinapécuaro, Michoacán to reveal the ruptures and continuities felt for the girls surrounded by the movement of families, ideas, and social practices across borders. As they develop their subTrade ReviewLilia Soto brings fresh perspectives to our understanding of transnational migration through the eyes of Mexican teenage girls. Her analysis of their shifting temporal and spatial imaginaries illuminates how neoliberal thinking permeates life in Mexico and the United States. -- Patricia Zavella ,University of California, Santa CruzGirlhood in the Borderlands is a compassionate and compelling binational multi-site ethnography. It reveals the hardships and heartaches of lives interrupted, but also the determination and dignity of young women coming of age on both sides of the border. With an attentive ear and a discerning eye, Lilia Soto chronicles how immigration shapes the contours of gender and generation in unexpected ways by requiring young women to develop complex cognitive mappings of time and place, and to make meaning in their lives under conditions they do not control. -- George Lipsitz,author of How Racism Takes Place
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New York University Press Motherhood across Borders
Book SynopsisWinner, 2019 Inaugural Outstanding Ethnography Book Award, given by the Ethnography in Education Research ForumWinner, 2019 Outstanding Book Award, given by the Council on Anthropology and EducationThe stories of Mexican migrant women who parent from afar, and how their transnational families stay together While we have an incredible amount of statistical information about immigrants coming in and out of the United States, we know very little about how migrant families stay together and raise their children. Beyond the numbers, what are the everyday experiences of families with members on both sides of the border? Focusing on Mexican women who migrate to New York City and leave children behind, Motherhood across Borders examines parenting from afar, as well as the ways in which separated siblings cope with different experiences across borders. Drawing on more than three years of ethnographic research, Gabrielle Oliveira offers a unique focus on the many consequences of maternal migratiTrade Review"In five well-written, well-researched chapters, Oliveira focuses on the tensions and expectations immigrant mothers face, on the participation of these mothers in the education of their children in both Mexico and in the US, and on the ways children maintain bonds with mothers and siblings across two nations and cultures. She also notes the distinctive gender differences and educational achievements among these children. This book will be useful to anyone interested in the contours of transnational parenting in the 21st century." -- CHOICE"Motherhood across Borders is a vivid and engaging ethnography about how mothers, grandmothers, caregivers, and children fare when they are divided by, but also connected despite, the U.S.-Mexico border. Focusing on the voices of those directly impactedpeople of all ages, across generations, and in both Mexico and the United StatesOliveira provides an intimate portrayal of the ways that motherhood, and caregiving more generally, is shifting in transnational context." -- Deborah A. Boehm,author of Returned: Going and Coming in an Age of Deportation""In this astute and sensitive ethnography, Oliveira does a remarkable job of capturing the poignant, mundane, tragic, and frustrating aspects of mothering from afar. The Mexican migrant women in her book spend their lives caring-- for children and other family members back home, family members in New York City, and often other peoples children, too--but all of their caring is not capable of fully bridging the distance or healing family ties broken by cruel immigration policies. If early studies of transnationalism made us optimistic that technology could link diasporic communities, this book reminds us that even in an era of Facetime and Facebook, migration involves separation. The difficult negotiations between mothers, other caregivers, and children, as well as between children (often siblings who have never met), are portrayed with compassion and sensitivity. " -- Alyshia Gálvez,Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at Lehman College/CUNY"Redolent with themes and experiences that are shared by millions of families around the globe. ... Blazes a pathway toward a richer understanding of how senses of belonging shift across the multiple affiliations maintained by these mobile populations: to their family networks, to their communities, and to more than one nation-state." * Political and Legal Anthropology Review *
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New York University Press The New Deportations Delirium
Book SynopsisSince 1996, when the deportation laws were hardened, millions of migrants to the U.S., including many long-term legal permanent residents with green cards, have experienced summary arrest, incarceration without bail, transfer to remote detention facilities, and deportation without counsela life-time banishment from what is, in many cases, the only country they have ever known. U.S.-based families and communities face the loss of a worker, neighbor, spouse, parent, or child. Many of the deported are sentenced home to a country which they only knew as an infant, whose language they do not speak, or where a family lives in extreme poverty or indebtedness for not yet being able to pay the costs of their previous migration. But what does this actually look like and what are the systems and processes and who are the people who are enforcing deportation policies and practices? The New Deportations Delirium responds to these questions. Taken as a whole, the volume raises consciousness about Trade ReviewThe New Deportation Deliriumis a timely and informative book, and American citizens and policymakers would be well served to acquaint themselves with its message. * Anthropology Review Database *By analyzing the critical ambiguities in current deportation law, the plight of & mixed-status families, the pressures facing immigration judges, and many other problems, this book makes a substantial contribution. * Choice *Ideal for undergraduate and graduate students new to the study of migration and enforcement,The New Deportation Deliriumtraces the historical development of deportation since 1996 and details the intended and unintended consequences of these policies across time, space, and generations. It offers a rich and nuanced survey of some of the principle arguments across disciplines, while offering new ways to view and understand research and practice for those more seasoned in the debates on detention and deportation. * PsycCRITIQUES *A truly interdisciplinary work which provides the reader with a unique perspective on deportation and its impact on communities both in the United States and receiving countries. I would recommend this book to undergraduate, graduate students and policy makers with a serious interest in studying this subject. -- Richard A. Boswell,Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Global Programs, U.C. Hastings College of the LawIn The New Deportations Delirium, practitioners from an array of disciplines peel away at the varieties of invidious ways in which the policy is enacted and lived in real people's lives. Kanstroom and Lykes have assembled a tour-de-force cast of authors to provide unique and important insights into the U.S. 'deportation delirium.' -- Carola Suárez-Orozco,University of California, Los AngelesThis remarkable volume brings together an unprecedented set of scholars from many disciplines to provide voice to the many millions in the U.S. who face the threat of detention and deportation in their everyday routines. The mix of careful legal analysis, social science research, and examination of the profound effects on families, children and youth in this book provides extraordinarily important guidance for those working with, representing, or studying the unauthorized and their family members in the U.S. -- Hirokazu Yoshikawa,Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education and University Professor, NYUA critical and timely treatment of what has become, both intentionally and inadvertently, a central tenet of contemporary U.S. immigration policy: mass deportation. The co-editors provide effective rationale for the need to question the efficacy as well as ethics of deportation, an especially harsh approach that undermines health, education, and basic human rights for millions of people. -- James Loucky,Western Washington University
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New York University Press Beyond Deportation
Book SynopsisThe first book to comprehensivelydescribe the history, theory, and application of prosecutorial discretion inimmigration law When Beatles star John Lennon faced deportation from the U.S. in the 1970s, his lawyer Leon Wildes made a groundbreaking argument. He argued that Lennon should be granted nonpriority status pursuant to INS's (now DHS's) policy of prosecutorial discretion. In U.S. immigration law, the agency exercises prosecutorial discretion favorably when it refrains from enforcing the full scope of immigration law. A prosecutorial discretion grant is important to an agency seeking to focus its priorities on the truly dangerous in order to conserve resources and to bring compassion into immigration enforcement. The Lennon case marked the first moment that the immigration agency's prosecutorial discretion policy became public knowledge. Today, the concept of prosecutorial discretion is more widely known in light of the Obama Administration's Deferred Action for Childhood ArrivalsTrade ReviewThis timely review of immigration prosecutorial discretion will be very valuable to those interested in immigration law. Wadhia gives a detailed description of the different forms such discretion can take, with a particular emphasis on deferred action, including President Obamas Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).The book is an essential resource for researchers wishing to study deferred action prior to and immediately after the introduction of DACA. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *The book examines how prosecutorial discretion interacts with the resource constraints of government agencies alongside immigrants humanitarian circumstances. It expands understandings of how 'deferred action,' a significant form of prosecutorial discretions, is employed by non-citizens as a protective tool from deportation. * International Migration Review *Beyond Deportation is a compelling and thoughtful account of the history of the use of prosecutorial discretion in US immigration law and policy, and how that history continues to shape todays immigration programs. -- Margaret D. Stock,author of Immigration Law and the MilitaryIn Beyond Deportation, Wadhia has managed to combine meticulous research, scholarly rigor, easy readability, and an intense human compassion in highlighting one of the most volatile issues of our time. With amazing ease, she takes on immigration, the rule of law, and the role of executive branch discretion in tempering our harsh deportation laws with humanitarian restraint and a common sense stewardship of our limited enforcement resources. For immigrants and their families, and for all who care about law and justice, this is a powerful and compelling story, eloquently told. -- Stephen Legomsky,John S. Lehmann University Professor, Washington University in St. LouisWhen there are more than 11 million people eligible for deportation, something is seriously wrong with our immigration system and our enforcement system, but Congress has so far refused to legislate and advance immigration reform. This inaction forces enforcement agencies to prioritize and make choices about who they will deport first and whose deportation they will defer so that we can focus on removing those who pose a risk to our public safety. This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of this basic truth in American law and immigration policy. The fact that this issue is at the center of the debate over immigration reform right now because the House of Representatives refuses to reform the current system, makes this work timely and incredibly helpful for scholars, students, policymakers, and leaders. -- Luis V. Gutiérrez,U.S. House of RepresentativesWithBeyond Deportation, Wadhia has simultaneously created a short, accessible, and comprehensive primer on prosecutorial discretion in immigration while raising profound questions on the usage and evolution of this tool into one that is more transparent, humanitarian, and just. * Border Criminologies *"The definitive word on the all-important tool of prosecutorial discretion in immigration enforcement. Wadhia traces the fascinating history of the exercise of such discretion under U.S. immigration law, which includes careful study of the famous case of John Lennon and Yoko Ono through to the use of such discretion in President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Rather than simply describing the history, Beyond Deportationoffers concrete recommendations about prosecutorial discretion in immigration enforcement, including greater transparency in decisionmaking and rules that limit government attorneys in the exercise of discretion. Wadhia has written an important analysis of the most significant positive immigration development of the Obama administration. -- Kevin R. Johnson,University of California, DavisTable of ContentsContents Foreword ix Leon Wildes Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1. Primer: Understanding How Prosecutorial Discretion Functions in the Immigration System 7 2. The Early Years: The Deportation Case of John Lennon and Evolution of Immigration Prosecutorial Discretion 14 3. Lessons from Criminal Law: How Immigration Prosecutorial Discretion Compares to the Criminal System 33 4. Deferred Action: Examining the Jewel (or a Precious Form) of Prosecutorial Discretion 54 5. Presidential Portrait: Prosecutorial Discretion during the Obama Administration 88 6. Going to Court: The Role of the Judiciary in Prosecutorial Discretion Decisions 109 7. Open Government: Transparency in Prosecutorial Discretion and Why It Matters 134 8. Reform: Improving Prosecutorial Discretion in the Immigration System 146 Abbreviations 157 Authorities 161 Notes 169 Index 223 About the Author 233
£22.79
New York University Press Iraqi Refugees in the United States
Book SynopsisHow Iraqi refugees navigate life, belonging, and exclusion in AmericaThe US invasion of Iraq in 2003 caused the largest forced migration in the Middle East since 1948, with millions of people fleeing to Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Iran, European Union, Australia and the United States. In Iraqi Refugees in the United States, Ken R. Crane explores the uphill climb faced by Iraqi refugees who have sought belonging in a country engaged in an ongoing War on Terror. Drawing on numerous interviews and fieldwork, Crane explores the diverse experiences of a community of Iraqi refugees, showing how they have struggled to negotiate their place in the wake of mass displacement. He highlights the promise of belonging, as well as their many painful encounters with exclusion. Ultimately, Crane provides a window into the complexities of what becoming American means for Iraqi refugees, even as they are perceived by other Americans as security threats.As debates about immigration and refugee status continue Trade ReviewWith the ‘War on Terror’ and ongoing panic about migration and Islam, the few Iraqi refugees the US has admitted have faced particular challenges. Ken R. Crane shows how some of them have met these challenges with an account of how struggles to belong—that began with sanction-induced stresses and the US invasion—continued as refugees settled in the US. His up-close analysis of Iraqis living in the far-flung suburbs and exurbs at the edge of Los Angeles, known as the Inland Empire, shows how they “obliquely” resist assumptions about success and the good life implicit in state efforts to mold ideal immigrants, make concerted efforts to maintain connections among themselves, and find common ground with their Latinx neighbors. Based on nearly a decade of research that altered Crane’s own previous assumptions as a humanitarian worker, the book critically connects US foreign and domestic policies by letting the reader follow the evolution of families of different backgrounds and faith communities as they face Islamophobia, racialization, and find their way into new American lives at bake sales, soccer practices and neighborhood tiendas. -- Susan Ossman, author of Shifting Worlds, Shaping Fieldwork: A Memoir of Anthropology and ArtCompassionately and carefully tells the story of Iraqis displaced from their home country and forced to resettle in the U.S. owing to George W. Bush’s unbecoming ‘war on terror.’ Crane poignantly and meticulously builds an understanding of what belongingness meant for the displaced and resettled Iraqis in a country whose political decisions and actions had upended their lives. The book amplifies the voices of a diverse group of Iraqis as they combatted the worst economic recession, the rising Islamophobia and the constant reminder of the violence they fled. A compelling portrait of resilience, belonging, and an intense desire for a peaceful future for their families and community. -- Pallavi Banerjee, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of CalgaryThis book can be a useful addition to classes on refugee integration, migration, and acculturation…the book provides a good, introductory analysis of Middle Eastern homemaking in the United States. * Mashriq & Mahjar *
£66.60
New York University Press Motherhood across Borders
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn five well-written, well-researched chapters, Oliveira focuses on the tensions and expectations immigrant mothers face, on the participation of these mothers in the education of their children in both Mexico and in the US, and on the ways children maintain bonds with mothers and siblings across two nations and cultures. She also notes the distinctive gender differences and educational achievements among these children. This book will be useful to anyone interested in the contours of transnational parenting in the 21st century. -- CHOICEMotherhood across Borders is a vivid and engaging ethnography about how mothers, grandmothers, caregivers, and children fare when they are divided by, but also connected despite, the U.S.-Mexico border. Focusing on the voices of those directly impactedpeople of all ages, across generations, and in both Mexico and the United StatesOliveira provides an intimate portrayal of the ways that motherhood, and caregiving more generally, is shifting in transnational context. -- Deborah A. Boehm,author of Returned: Going and Coming in an Age of Deportation"In this astute and sensitive ethnography, Oliveira does a remarkable job of capturing the poignant, mundane, tragic, and frustrating aspects of mothering from afar. The Mexican migrant women in her book spend their lives caring-- for children and other family members back home, family members in New York City, and often other peoples children, too--but all of their caring is not capable of fully bridging the distance or healing family ties broken by cruel immigration policies. If early studies of transnationalism made us optimistic that technology could link diasporic communities, this book reminds us that even in an era of Facetime and Facebook, migration involves separation. The difficult negotiations between mothers, other caregivers, and children, as well as between children (often siblings who have never met), are portrayed with compassion and sensitivity. -- Alyshia Gálvez,Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at Lehman College/CUNYRedolent with themes and experiences that are shared by millions of families around the globe. ... Blazes a pathway toward a richer understanding of how senses of belonging shift across the multiple affiliations maintained by these mobile populations: to their family networks, to their communities, and to more than one nation-state. * Political and Legal Anthropology Review *
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New York University Press Intimate Migrations
Book SynopsisSuitable for all levels/libraries, this book explores the human side of immigration.Trade Review"Boehm crafts an enthralling piece of feminist, anthropological writing that weaves the human side of immigration into her scholarship." * Journal of Youth and Adolescence *"Boehm's monograph is a poignant ethnographic account of displacement and resilience among Mexican transnationals who feel that they are 'neither from here nor from there.' It's also a critical review of current US border enforcement policies which exacerbate illegality and precariousness among migrants." * Border Criminologies *"[A] wonderful book that demonstrates that combining interviews with participant observationand doing it wellcan produce multiple benefits....There is a lot to learn from this timely book, and it should be read widely. I particularly recommend it to anyone interested in immigrant families, immigration law, citizenship, and families in general, but its appeal should go beyond academia. This book would be ideal for helping politicians and pundits to understand that political decisions regarding immigration law have broad and deep consequences, often beyond the territory in which laws are enacted." -- Cecilia Menjivar * Journal of Latin American Studies *"Fortuitously published just as the U.S enters new discussions about what to do with the legal status (and, thus, lives) of the very undocumented Mexicans she studied. Hopefully policymakers will read it and hear voices not likely to be at the negotiating tables. It is precisely this type of serious yet humane and deeply human scholarship that might change a few minds." -- Sarah J. Mahler * International Migration Review *"Intimate Migrationsexplores the human side of immigration, vividly portraying everyday lives on both sides of the U.S./Mexican border. Drawing on interviews and field work in Albuquerque and the small rancho of San Marcos in San Luis Potosi, Boehm outlines the sharp differences between male and female migration. Young men follow in the footsteps of their fathers, brothers, and uncles and migrate to become adults and providers, while women and children remain in the rancho or migrate much later, often to care for households of male kin rather than to enter the work force. These gender differences are in turn shaped by the potency and reach of U.S. policy that constructs 'illegal' and 'legal' persons, constrains movement, conveys citizenship, and allows for family reunification- policies that fall unevenly on kin networks. A moving panorama of how these contradictions play out in personal lives." -- Louise Lamphere,University of New Mexico"With an ethnographers eye for detail, Boehm shows us the hopes, dreams, frustrations, tensions, divisions, and enduring qualities of lives among families connected and split by the U.S.-Mexico border.Intimate Migrations puts a human face on the reasons why people migrate, changing gender relations, and how children experience these dynamic and fluid processes, all of which are subject to increasingly restrictionist U.S. immigration laws. . . . A must read for anyone interested in understanding our complex, transnational world." -- Leo Chavez,University of California, Irvine"Recommended for all levels/libraries." * CHOICE *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: De Ambos Lados / From Both Sides 1 Placing Intimate Migrations Part I. Transborder Families 2 Mitad Alla, Mitad Aqui/Half There, Half Here 3 Family "Reunification" Part II. Gendered Migrations 4 !Ya Soy Hombre y Mujer!/Now I Am a Man and a Woman! 5 Gendered Borderlands Part III. Children on the Move 6 Por Mis Hijos/For My Children 7 Here-Not Here Conclusion: Ni de Aqui, Ni de Alla/ From Neither Here Nor There Postscript: Caught Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
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New York University Press Iraqi Refugees in the United States
Book SynopsisHow Iraqi refugees navigate life, belonging, and exclusion in AmericaThe US invasion of Iraq in 2003 caused the largest forced migration in the Middle East since 1948, with millions of people fleeing to Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Iran, European Union, Australia and the United States. In Iraqi Refugees in the United States, Ken R. Crane explores the uphill climb faced by Iraqi refugees who have sought belonging in a country engaged in an ongoing War on Terror. Drawing on numerous interviews and fieldwork, Crane explores the diverse experiences of a community of Iraqi refugees, showing how they have struggled to negotiate their place in the wake of mass displacement. He highlights the promise of belonging, as well as their many painful encounters with exclusion. Ultimately, Crane provides a window into the complexities of what becoming American means for Iraqi refugees, even as they are perceived by other Americans as security threats.As debates about immigration and refugee status continue Trade Review"With the ‘War on Terror’ and ongoing panic about migration and Islam, the few Iraqi refugees the US has admitted have faced particular challenges. Ken R. Crane shows how some of them have met these challenges with an account of how struggles to belong—that began with sanction-induced stresses and the US invasion—continued as refugees settled in the US. His up-close analysis of Iraqis living in the far-flung suburbs and exurbs at the edge of Los Angeles, known as the Inland Empire, shows how they “obliquely” resist assumptions about success and the good life implicit in state efforts to mold ideal immigrants, make concerted efforts to maintain connections among themselves, and find common ground with their Latinx neighbors. Based on nearly a decade of research that altered Crane’s own previous assumptions as a humanitarian worker, the book critically connects US foreign and domestic policies by letting the reader follow the evolution of families of different backgrounds and faith communities as they face Islamophobia, racialization, and find their way into new American lives at bake sales, soccer practices and neighborhood tiendas." -- Susan Ossman, author of Shifting Worlds, Shaping Fieldwork: A Memoir of Anthropology and Art"Compassionately and carefully tells the story of Iraqis displaced from their home country and forced to resettle in the U.S. owing to George W. Bush’s unbecoming ‘war on terror.’ Crane poignantly and meticulously builds an understanding of what belongingness meant for the displaced and resettled Iraqis in a country whose political decisions and actions had upended their lives. The book amplifies the voices of a diverse group of Iraqis as they combatted the worst economic recession, the rising Islamophobia and the constant reminder of the violence they fled. A compelling portrait of resilience, belonging, and an intense desire for a peaceful future for their families and community." -- Pallavi Banerjee, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Calgary"This book can be a useful addition to classes on refugee integration, migration, and acculturation…the book provides a good, introductory analysis of Middle Eastern homemaking in the United States." * Mashriq & Mahjar *
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New York University Press Illegal Encounters
Book SynopsisThe impact of the U.S. immigration and legal systems on children and youth In the United States, millions of children are undocumented migrants or have family members who came to the country without authorization. The unique challenges with which these children and youth must cope demand special attention. Illegal Encounters considers illegality, deportability, and deportation in the lives of young peoplethose who migrate as well as those who are affected by the migration of others. A primary focus of the volume is to understand how children and youth encounter, move through, or are outside of a range of legal processes, including border enforcement, immigration detention, federal custody, courts, and state processes of categorization. Even if young people do not directly interact with state immigration systemsbecause they are U.S. citizens or have avoided detentionthey are nonetheless deeply affected by the reach of the government in its many forms. Contributors privilege the voicesTrade ReviewIllegal Encounters examines the experiences of young migrants, bringing critical social, cultural, and legal perspectives to issues as current as todays headlines. The collection of scholars is superb, and includes authors who themselves migrated to the U.S. as children. Rarely does an edited volume result in such integrated and coherent chapters to produce an instant classic that challenges what we think we know about the migration experience. Illegal Encounters is a must read for anyone interested in how young people manage the perilous journey across borders and the U.S. legal system. -- Leo R. Chavez,author of The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the NationDeborah A. Boehm and Susan J. Terrio have assembled a powerful and heart-wrenching collection of essays that elucidate the myriad ways young peoples lives are shaped, and often devastated, by the immigration laws and enforcement practices of the United States. This volume brings together the voices of leading immigration scholars, practitioners, and people directly affected by our punitive immigration laws. This assemblage of gripping narratives will be a valuable read for anyone wishing to know more about how immigration laws affect youth, and consequently, the future of this nation. Those who teach courses on immigration, race, ethnicity, children and youth, as well as justice will find this volume to be a compelling addition to their course. -- Tanya Golash-Boza,University of California, MercedShines much needed light on the effects of US immigration policy on young migrants in the United States… Illegal Encounters establishes critical terrain for further scholarship and advocacy. * Political and Legal Anthropology Review *
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New York University Press Border Politics
Book SynopsisHow do contemporary activists navigate and challenge these borders? What meanings do they ascribe to different social, cultural and political boundaries, and how do these meanings shape the strategies in which they engage? This book explores these questions through eleven selected case studies situated in geographic contexts around the globe.Trade ReviewBorder Politics is a groundbreaking book on how borders and boundariesboth territorial and symbolicshape the mobilization of social movements at the same time that they are instrumental in the very often conflicting identity construction processes of social movements participants. Nancy A. Naples and Jennifer Bickham Mendez have arranged a significant, comprehensive, and timely collection of essays. -- Pablo Vila,author of Border Identifications and Ethnography at the BorderThe edited collection offers an important contribution to the sociology of bordering. Rather than focusing on struggles over the militarization of geographical borderlands as outlined by scholars like Reece Jones, the contribution of the book lies in its original approach to the analysis of social movements for which borders and boundaries are sites of struggle. More precisely, the chapters depict how these social movements maintain, contest, produce, and dissolve borders and boundaries. * Border Criminologies *This edited volume highlights many contemporary geopolitical issues in the social sciences. The contributors take a global perspective, examining problems from Asia, North America, Australia, Europe, and Africa. * Choice *Table of Contents1. Border Politics: Contests over Territory, Nation, Identity, 1 and Belonging Jennifer Bickham Mendez and Nancy A. Naples Part I: Gendered, Ethno-Nationalist Struggles and Militarization 2. "Border Granny Wants You!": Grandmothers Policing Nation 35 at the US-Mexico Border Jennifer L. Johnson 3. Defending the Nation: Militarism, Women's Empowerment, 60 and the Hindu Right Meera Sehgal 4. Borders, Territory, and Ethnicity: Women and the Naga 95 Peace Process Duncan McDuie-Ra 5. Imperial Gazes and Queer Politics: Re/Reading Female 120 Political Subjectivity in Pakistan Moon M. Charania Part II: Politicized Identities and Belonging 6. Indigenous Peoples and Colonial Borders: Sovereignty, 153 Nationhood, Identity, and Activism Sarah Maddison 7. Constricting Boundaries: Collective Identity in the Tea 177 Party Movement Deana A. Rohlinger, Jesse Klein, Tara M. Stamm, and Kyle Rogers 8. Occupy Slovenia: How Migrant Movements Contributed 206 to New Forms of Direct Democracy Maple Razsa and Andrej Kurnik 9. Challenging Borders, Imagining Europe: Transnational 230 LGBT Activism in a New Europe Phillip M. Ayoub and David Paternotte Part III: Contested Solidarities and Emerging Sites of Struggle 10. Frames, Boomerangs, and Global Assemblages: Border 261 Distortions in the Global Resistance to Dam Building in Lesotho Yvonne A. Braun and Michael C. Dreiling 11. Networks, Place, and Barriers to Cross-Border Organizing
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University of Toronto Press Why Control Immigration
Book SynopsisUsing a multi-method ethnographic approach, Why Control Immigration? argues that the scarcity of legal labour and the ensuing growth of illegal immigration can act as a patronage resource for bureaucratic and regional elites in Russia.Trade Review"As one of the first English-language books on Russian migration policy, Why Control Immigration will make a significant and timely contribution to both migration studies in general, and to the Eurasian migration literature in particular…the combination of rich ethnographic data with a thorough document analysis [makes the book] a must-read for all those interested in understanding the key features of the Russian migration regime and its implications for the broader debates in migration studies" -- Rustamjon Urinboyev, Lund University * Slavic Review, vol 78 no 2 *Table of Contents1. Why Control Immigration? 2. The Multi-level Balancing Act of Migration Management 3. Scarcity Mechanism #1: Quotas as a Legacy of State Planning 4. Scarcity Mechanism # 2: Patents as State Capitalism 5. Local Politics of Immigration in Moscow 6. Regional Politics of Immigration in Sverdlovsk 7. Regional Politics of Immigration in Krasnodar
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University of Toronto Press Transnational Identity and Memory Making in the
Book SynopsisThis book draws on an extensive archive of over one hundred oral narratives collected and recorded with Iraqi women in three sites: Amman, Detroit, and Toronto. Nadia Jones-Gailani demonstrates how the relationships between ethno-religious migrants, nation, and citizenship are shaped by the traumatic experiences of forced displacement and integration into new communities and national imaginaries. This book also examines the broader historical trends that have precipitated migration from Iraq. While informed by research into the archival documentary record on Iraqis in North America, this book is first and foremost a study of gender and memory that focuses on women’s oral histories. By historicizing the process through which ethno-religious and ethno-national communities become fractured and remade, Jones-Gailani explores the expectations and realities of women as the supposed biological and cultural reproducers of the nation. The Iraqi women featured in this book asseTrade Review"The book is undoubtedly to become a core point of reference for researchers or anyone interested in the histories of Iraq beyond its national (both spatially and ideologically) borders." -- Enaya Hammad Othman * Ethnic and Racial Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Narrative, Memory, and Identity 1. Gendered Narratives of State: The “Project for the Rewriting of History” 2. Resisting the State: Shi’i, Chaldean, and Kurdish Women’s Counter-Narratives 3. Towards an Affective Methodology 4. Qahwa and Kleiche: Metaphor, Memory, and Meaning 5. Embodied and Political Subjectivities Conclusion
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University of Toronto Press Outward and Upward Mobilities
Book SynopsisInternational students move out to move up. And while, as migrants, they are defined by their relationship to the state, students interact with multiple institutions in the process of achieving personal goals. This collection examines the connection between students and these institutions.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Education Migration, Social Mobility, and Structuring Institutions Ann H. Kim and Min-Jung Kwak Part I: International Students in the Canadian Context 2. “International students are… golden”: Canada’s Changing Policy Contexts, Approaches, and National Peculiarities in Attracting International Students as Future Immigrants Roopa Desai Trilokekar and Amira El Masri 3. Explaining International Student Mobility to Canada: A Review Ann H. Kim and Gunjan Sondhi 4. Barriers to Knowledge on International Students and a Potential Opportunity Ann H. Kim, Reem Attieh, and Timothy Owen Part II: Integration and Adjustment in Educational Institutions 5. The International Undergraduate Experience: A Developmental Psychological Study Maxine Gallander Wintre, Stella Dentakos, Saeid Chavoshi, Abirami R. Kandasamy, and Lorna Wright 6. Legal Status and School Experiences for Families with Young Students Ann H. Kim, Min-Jung Kwak, Wansoo Park, Eunjung Lee, and Sung Hyun Yun Part III: Local Considerations: Ethnic Communities and Families 7. Adapting to China’s Students at the Gateway: Stories of Chinese Community Associations and Their New Student Members Jean Michel Montsion 8. ‘Settlers’ Meeting the ‘Settled’: International Students Encountering the South Asian ‘Diaspora’ in Ontario, Canada Gunjan Sondhi 9. Global Restructuring, Gender, and Education Migration: Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals in Canada Guida C. Man and Elena Chou 10. ‘A Typical Girogi Family Experience?’ The Transnational Migration and Heterogeneous Identity Formation of Girogi Families in Toronto, Canada Min-Jung Kwak, Wansoo Park, Eunjung Lee, Sangyoo Lee, and Jeong-Eui Lee Part IV: The Post-Student Experience 11. Student Transitions: Earnings of Former International Students in Canada’s Labour Market Yuqian Lu and Feng Hou 12. Bumpy Roads: Tracing Pathways into Practice for International Students in Nursing Margaret Walton-Roberts and Jenna Hennebry Afterword: A Multi-Level Perspective on Education Migration Min-Jung Kwak and Ann H. Kim
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University of Toronto Press Citizens without Borders
Book SynopsisThis book examines Yugoslavia's efforts to build and maintain a relationship with its migrant workers in Western Europe through cultural and educational programs.Trade Review"A vivid and nuanced picture of the difficult choices faced by a state seeking to govern its citizens abroad and of the mixed feelings about the homeland that its citizens abroad developed … It will be of great interest and inspiration well beyond Yugoslav studies, in a world in which labor migration continues to be an important phenomenon." -- Sara Bernard, University of Glasgow * Slavic Review *"A fascinating account of a complex social phenomenon … Citizens without Borders can be considered as the first systematic attempt to write about work migrations from Yugoslavia in general." -- Ondřej Daniel, Charles University * American Historical Review *“An insightful, fresh, and fascinating perspective on the implications of transnational policies for socialist Yugoslavia and beyond.” -- Francesca Rolandi, Masaryk Institute * Austrian History Yearbook *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Part I: Seeing Migrants 2. Seeing Migration Like a State 3. Picturing Migrants: The Gastabajter in Yugoslav Film Part II: Building Ties 4. A Listening Ear: Cultivating Citizens through Radio Broadcasting 5. A Nation Talking to Itself: Yugoslav Newspapers for Migrants 6. Weaving a Web of Transnational Governance: Yugoslav Workers’ Associations 7. Migrants Talk Back: Responses to Surveys 8. Building a Transnational Education System for the Second Generation 9. They Felt the Breath of the Homeland 10. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Toronto Press Refugee States Critical Refugee Studies in
Book SynopsisRefugee States explores how the figure of the refugee and the concept of refuge shape the Canadian nation-state within a transnational context.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Critical Refugee Studies in Canada: An Introduction Part One: Historicization 1. Shifting Grounds of Asylum in Canadian Public Discourse and Policy Johanna Reynolds and Jennifer Hyndman 2. Untangling the Strands of Memory: Historicizing the 1914 Komagata Maru Incident and the Concept of Refugeeness Alia Somani 3. Erasing Exclusion: Adrienne Clarkson and the Promise of the Refugee Experience Laura Madokoro 4. Petitions and Protest: Refugees and the Haunting of Canadian Citizenship Peter Nyers Part Two: Conjunctions 5. Where Are We From?: Decolonizing Indigenous and Refugee Relations Jennifer Adese and Malissa Phung 6. Queer and Trans Migrants, Colonial Logics, and the Politics of Refusal Edward Ou Jin Lee 7. Producing the Figure of the “Super Refugee” through Discourses of Success, Exceptionalism, Ableism, and Inspiration Gada Mahrouse 8. Cross-Racial Refugee Fiction: Dionne Brand’s What We All Long For Donald Goellnicht Epilogue: The Exceptional and the Ordinary Contributors
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