Frontera sur chiapaneca : el muro humano de la violencia : análisis de la normalización de la violencia hacia la migración indocumentada en tránsito / Soledad Álvarez Velasco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Álvarez, Soledad (Álvarez Velasco), author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Violence--Social aspects.

Violence.

Migrant agricultural laborers.

Chiapas (Mexico)--Emigration and immigration.

Chiapas (Mexico).

Mexico--Chiapas.

Noncitizens--Mexico--Chiapas.

Noncitizens.

Illegal immigration--Mexico--Chiapas.

Illegal immigration.

Migrant agricultural laborers--Mexico--Chiapas.

Violence--Social aspects--Mexico--Chiapas.

Emigration and immigration.

Undocumented immigrants.

Physical Description:

457 pages : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Ciudad de México : Universidad Iberoamericana, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, 2016.

Summary:

Analyzes complex link between flow of undocumented migrants and state violence in context of contemporary capitalism. Uses example of Central and South American migrants passing through Chiapas to detail forms of social and state violence against migrants and pervasive sense of acceptance or "normalization."

Contents:

Localización espacial y apuntes teóricos

¿Dónde está la frontera sur chiapaneca?

La contracara deun cruce fronterizo oficial

Un albergue para migrantes

A la sombra del parque Miguel Hidalgo

Imágenes de violencia local

El tren de la muerte.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-457).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9786074173901

6074173907

OCLC:

982003598