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The Deportation Regime: Sovereignty, Space, and the Freedom of Movement
Nicholas de Genova
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Paperback. A collection exploring practices and experiences of deportation, and the threat of deportation, in regional and national settings from the U.S.-Mexico border to Israel, and from Somalia to Switzerland. Editor(s): De Genova, Nicholas; Peutz, Nathalie Mae. Num Pages: 507 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746. Sovereignty, Space, and the Freedom of Movement. 496 pages. Editor(s): De Genova, Nicholas; Peutz, Nathalie Mae. Examines deportation as an increasingly global mechanism of state control. This title explores practices and experiences of deportation in regional and national settings from the US-Mexico border to Israel, and from Somalia to Switzerland. It also addresses broader questions, including the ontological significance of freedom of movement. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPV. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight: 750.
This important collection examines deportation as an increasingly global mechanism of state control. Anthropologists, historians, legal scholars, and sociologists consider not only the physical expulsion of noncitizens but also the social discipline and labor subordination resulting from deportability, the threat of forced removal. They explore practices and experiences of deportation in regional and national settings from the U.S.-Mexico border to Israel, and from Somalia to Switzerland. They also address broader questions, including the ontological significance of freedom of movement; the historical antecedents of deportation, such as banishment and exile; and the development, entrenchment, and consequences of organizing sovereign power and ... Read more
This important collection examines deportation as an increasingly global mechanism of state control. Anthropologists, historians, legal scholars, and sociologists consider not only the physical expulsion of noncitizens but also the social discipline and labor subordination resulting from deportability, the threat of forced removal. They explore practices and experiences of deportation in regional and national settings from the U.S.-Mexico border to Israel, and from Somalia to Switzerland. They also address broader questions, including the ontological significance of freedom of movement; the historical antecedents of deportation, such as banishment and exile; and the development, entrenchment, and consequences of organizing sovereign power and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
522
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822345763
SKU
V9780822345763
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About Nicholas de Genova
Nicholas De Genova has taught anthropology and Latino studies at Columbia University, Stanford University, the University of Bern, and the University of Amsterdam. He is the author of Working the Boundaries: Race, Space, and “Illegality” in Mexican Chicago and the editor of Racial Transformations: Latinos and Asians Remaking the United States, both also published by Duke University Press. Nathalie ... Read more
Reviews for The Deportation Regime: Sovereignty, Space, and the Freedom of Movement
“This collection is truly impressive. It demonstrates the importance of deportation as a mechanism for producing citizenship and alienage, nations, states, and territories in both theory and practice.” - Bridget Anderson, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute “This volume does a superb job of theorizing deportation beyond a mere act; in doing so we get a greater appreciation of how ... Read more