Border afterlives : migrant deaths, forensic investigations, and the politics of haunting / Gabriella Soto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soto, Gabriella, 1985- Author.

Series:

BorderVisions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Mexican-American Border Region--Death.

Immigrants.

Mexican-American Border Region--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Immigrants--Death.

North America--Mexican-American Border Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color).

Other Title:

Migrant deaths, forensic investigations, and the politics of haunting

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2026.

Summary:

"Moving between the practical and philosophical pursuit of best practices of forensic and social care for the dead, this book examines the U.S.-Mexico border and asks: what happens when care falls short?"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Care and the making of best practice

U.S. forensic infrastructure and the limits of best practice

Jurisdictional alchemy and the investigation of recovered migrant remains

In search and in doubt of best practices in Brooks County, Texas

The material politics of counting the dead

Homicide without a murderer

Ghosts in the machine : Human rights, hauntings, and what we owe the dead

Conclusion : A guide for reanimating the dead.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed April 3, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Soto, Gabriella, 1985- Border afterlives

ISBN:

9780816555093

0816555095

OCLC:

1574797171