The Border and Its Bodies
The Border and Its Bodies examines the impact of migration from Central America and México to the United States on the most basic social unit possible: the human body. It explores the terrible toll migration takes on the bodies of migrants—those who cross the border and those who die along the way—a...
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| description | The Border and Its Bodies examines the impact of migration from Central America and México to the United States on the most basic social unit possible: the human body. It explores the terrible toll migration takes on the bodies of migrants—those who cross the border and those who die along the way—and discusses the treatment of those bodies after their remains are discovered in the desert.
The increasingly militarized U.S.-México border is an intensely physical place, affecting the bodies of all who encounter it. The essays in this volume explore how crossing becomes embodied in individuals, how that embodiment transcends the crossing of the line, and how it varies depending on subject positions and identity categories, especially race, class, and citizenship.
Timely and wide-ranging, this book brings into focus the traumatic and real impact the border can have on those who attempt to cross it, and it offers new perspectives on the effects for rural communities and ranchers. An intimate and profoundly human look at migration, The Border and Its Bodies reminds us of the elemental fact that the border touches us all. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-303592025-07-30T17:10:08Z The Border and Its Bodies McGuire, Randall H. Sheridan, Thomas E. Social Science Anthropology Cultural & Social thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology The Border and Its Bodies examines the impact of migration from Central America and México to the United States on the most basic social unit possible: the human body. It explores the terrible toll migration takes on the bodies of migrants—those who cross the border and those who die along the way—and discusses the treatment of those bodies after their remains are discovered in the desert. The increasingly militarized U.S.-México border is an intensely physical place, affecting the bodies of all who encounter it. The essays in this volume explore how crossing becomes embodied in individuals, how that embodiment transcends the crossing of the line, and how it varies depending on subject positions and identity categories, especially race, class, and citizenship. Timely and wide-ranging, this book brings into focus the traumatic and real impact the border can have on those who attempt to cross it, and it offers new perspectives on the effects for rural communities and ranchers. An intimate and profoundly human look at migration, The Border and Its Bodies reminds us of the elemental fact that the border touches us all. 2021-02-10T13:40:50Z 2021-02-10T13:40:50Z 2020-12-15T14:05:58Z 2019 book OCN: 1229680071 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/43879 9780816541669 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30359 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43879/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43879/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43879/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/43879/1/external_content.pdf University of Arizona Press University of Arizona Press fe2167e9-9179-40da-be48-8146f68f8f24 Knowledge Unlatched 9780816541669 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2019: HSS Frontlist Books University of Arizona Press open access |
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