The land of open graves: living and dying on the migrant trail / Jason De León ; with photographs by Michael Wells.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Leon, Jason, Author.

Contributor:

Wells, Michael (Photographer), photographer.

Series:

California series in public anthropology ; 36.

California Series in Public Anthropology ; 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigration enforcement--Social aspects--Arizona.

Immigration enforcement.

Immigration enforcement--Social aspects--Mexican-American Border Region.

Border security--Social aspects--Arizona.

Border security.

Border security--Social aspects--Mexican-American Border Region.

Mexico--Emigration and immigration.

Mexico.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

data file

Summary:

In his gripping and provocative debut, anthropologist Jason De León sheds light on one of the most pressing political issues of our time-the human consequences of US immigration policy. The Land of Open Graves reveals the suffering and deaths that occur daily in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona as thousands of undocumented migrants attempt to cross the border from Mexico into the United States. Drawing on the four major fields of anthropology, De León uses an innovative combination of ethnography, archaeology, linguistics, and forensic science to produce a scathing critique of "Prevention through Deterrence," the federal border enforcement policy that encourages migrants to cross in areas characterized by extreme environmental conditions and high risk of death. For two decades, this policy has failed to deter border crossers while successfully turning the rugged terrain of southern Arizona into a killing field. In harrowing detail, De León chronicles the journeys of people who have made dozens of attempts to cross the border and uncovers the stories of the objects and bodies left behind in the desert.The Land of Open Graves will spark debate and controversy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. Prevention Through Deterrence

2. Dangerous Ground

3. Necroviolence

4. Memo and Lucho

5. Deported

6. Technological Warfare

7. The Crossing

8. Exposure

9. You Can't Leave Them Behind

10. Maricela

11. We Will Wait Until You Get Here

12. Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Appendix A. Border Patrol Apprehensions, Southern Border Sectors, 2000-2014

Appendix B. Border Patrol Apprehensions, Tucson Sector, by Distance from the Border, Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520958685

0520958683

OCLC:

918941470