Fencing in democracy
necrocitizenship and the US-Mexico border wall
by Miguel Díaz-Barriga
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"FENCING IN DEMOCRACY is an ethnography examining groups that are usually left out of national discussions about the border wall: the communities living right on the border. Drawing on extensive primary research, the authors argue that a variety of factors, including media narratives, complex political maneuvering, and purposefully marginalizing discourse, have placed border communities in a state of necrocitizenship - a set of citizenship practices produced in response to exclusionary regimes that emphasize death. Throughout the book they show necrocitizenship as operating on three levels; the increasing militarization of border regions, the building of walls along international boundaries, and the privileging of the patriotic subject, one who is willing to die for one's country"--
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Boundaries, Grenze, Social aspects, Migrationspolitik, Sicherheitspolitik, Politische Anthropologie, Ethnic relations, Illegaler Einwanderer, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Grenzschutz, Einwanderungspolitik, Grenzgebiet, Emigration and immigration, Political aspects, University of South Alabama, Mexican-american border region, United states, boundaries| Edition | Availability |
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Fencing in democracy: necrocitizenship and the US-Mexico border wall
2020, Duke University Press
in English
1478006935 9781478006930
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-170) and index.
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