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Surviving the Sanctuary City : Asylum-Seeking Work in Nepali New York / Tina Shrestha.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shrestha, Tina, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marginality, Social.
- Nepali people.
- Part-time employment.
- New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions.
- New York (N.Y.).
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Surviving the Sanctuary City asks what everyday survival among migrants and asylum seekers can tell us about the cultural logic of suffering within the confines of US borders"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Locating Nepali New Yorkers
- Language of suffering, language for survival
- The logic of "claimant credibility"
- Testimonial coconstruction in the asylum backstage
- The production of claimant-workers
- The paradox of visibility and collective censorship
- Conclusion
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780295751535
- OCLC:
- 1378009374
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