Migration and mortality : social death, dispossession, and survival in the Americas

Migration and mortality : social death, dispossession, and survival in the Americas /

"This book uses theories of social death and the construction of lives as disposable across legal, public health, criminal, carceral, media, labor, and medical arenas to examine the fatal stakes of migration policy and practice for migrants crossing the U.S. southern border"--

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Longazel, Jamie (Editor), Hallett, Miranda Cady, 1976- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Immigrants > United States > Social conditions.
Immigrants > Health and hygiene > United States.
Central Americans > United States > Social conditions.
Marginality, Social > United States.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Health aspects.
Central America > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Central America > Emigration and immigration > Health aspects.
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Summary:"This book uses theories of social death and the construction of lives as disposable across legal, public health, criminal, carceral, media, labor, and medical arenas to examine the fatal stakes of migration policy and practice for migrants crossing the U.S. southern border"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781439919798
1439919798

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