Lives in Transit: Violence and Intimacy on the Migrant Journey

355 Pages·2018·4.26 MB·English

by  Wendy A. Vogt

Lives in Transit
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Lives in Transit
VIOLENCE AND INTIMACY ON THE MIGRANT
JOURNEY
Wendy A. Vogt
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Wendy A., author.
Title: Lives in transit : violence and intimacy on the
migrant journey/Wendy A. Vogt.
Description: Oakland, California : University of
California Press, [2018] | Series: California series in
public anthropology ; 42 | Includes bibliographical
references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2018016212 (print) | LCCN 2018019795
(ebook) | ISBN 9780520970625 (eBook) | ISBN
9780520298545 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN
9780520298552 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH:
Immigrants—Violence against—Mexico. |
Immigrants—Abuse of—Mexico. | Immigrants—
Services for. | Central Americans—Mexico.
Classification: LCC HV6250.4.E75 (ebook) | LCC
HV6250.4.E75 V64 2018 (print) | DDC
362.88086/9120972—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018016212
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Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Circulations of Violence
2. The Arterial Border
3. The Migrant Industry
4. Embodied Mobilities
5. Intimate Crossings
6. (In)Security and Safety
7. Constellations of Care
Conclusion: The Unforgotten
Notes
References
Index