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Migration and Mortality: Social Death, Dispossession, and Survival in the Americas (in English)
Jamie Longazel
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Miranda Cady Hallett
(Illustrated by)
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Temple University Press
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Migration and Mortality: Social Death, Dispossession, and Survival in the Americas (in English) - Longazel, Jamie ; Hallett, Miranda Cady
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Synopsis "Migration and Mortality: Social Death, Dispossession, and Survival in the Americas (in English)"
Death threatens migrants physically during perilous border crossings between Central and North America, but many also experience legal, social, and economic mortality. Rooted in histories of colonialism and conquest, exclusionary policies and practices deliberately take aim at racialized, dispossessed people in transit. Once in the new land, migrants endure a web of systems across every facet of their world--work, home, healthcare, culture, justice--that strips them of their personhood, denies them resources, and creates additional obstacles that deprive them of their ability to live fully.As laws and policies create ripe conditions for the further extraction of money, resources, and labor power from the dispossessed, the contributors to this vibrant anthology, Migration and Mortality, examine restrictive immigration policies and the broader capitalist systems of exploitation and inequality while highlighting the power of migrants' collective resistance and resilience. The case studies in this timely collection explore border deaths, detention economies, asylum seeking, as well as the public health and mental health of migrants. Ultimately, these examples of oppression and survival contribute to understanding broader movements for life and justice in the Americas.
