Lives in transit : violence and intimacy on the migrant journey / Wendy A. Vogt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vogt, Wendy A., 1979- author.

Series:

California series in public anthropology ; 42.

California series in public anthropology ; 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Violence against--Mexico.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Abuse of--Mexico.

Immigrants--Services for.

Central Americans--Mexico.

Central Americans.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

xx, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Lives in Transit chronicles the dangerous journeys of Central American migrants in transit through Mexico. Drawing on fieldwork in humanitarian aid shelters and other key sites, the book examines the multiple forms of violence that migrants experience as their bodies, labor, and lives become implicated in global and local economies that profit from their mobility as racialized and gendered others. At the same time, it reveals new forms of intimacy, solidarity and activism that have emerged along transit routes over the past decade. Through the stories of migrants, shelter workers and local residents, Vogt encourages us to reimagine transit as both a site of violence and precarity as well as social struggle and resistance"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Circulations of violence

The arterial border

Migrant industry

Embodied mobilities

Intimate crossings

(In)security and safety

Constellations of care

Conclusion : the unforgotten.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Vogt, Wendy A., 1979- Lives in transit.

ISBN:

9780520298545

0520298543

9780520298552

0520298551

OCLC:

1028596323