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Author Aldama, Arturo J

Title Resistance and Abolition in the Borderlands Confronting Trump's Reign of Terror
Published Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2024

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Description 1 online resource (489 p.)
Contents Introduction: Terror, Trauma, and Resistance in the US/Mexico Borderlands / Arturo Aldama and Jessica Ordaz -- Part I. Xenophobia, Abjection, and State Violence. 1. "They're Bringing Drugs!": Reflections on Movement and Migration, the "War on Drugs," and the Opioid Crisis in Trump's America / Rebecca Avalos ; 2. Separating and Caging Immigrant Families: Case Studies in South Texas from the Postwar Era through Trump's Reign of Terror / Jennifer Cullison ; 3. Human Trafficking and the Politics of State Violence through Operation Lone Star / Antonio Vasquez ; 4. The Uterus Collectors: The Lineage of Hemispheric Medical Abuse and Experimentation in the United States and Guatemala / Alexandria Herrera ; 5. Reflections on Right-Wing Leadership in the United States: From LAPD Chief William Parker to Donald Trump / Roberto A. Mónico ; 6. Refugees and Human Rights Law During the Trump Administration / Jasmin Lilian Diab
Part II. Performing the Borderlands: Visual Arts, Music, Dance, and Community Resistance(s). 7. No Estan Solxs: Mourning Migrant Suffering and Death through Commemorative Art at the US/Mexico Border / Alexis N. Meza and Leslie Quintanilla ; 8. "American" Incarceration: Dances that Critique Confinement and Contribute to Abolitionist Possibilities / Tria Blu Wakpa ; 9. Museum at the Border / Eliseo Ortiz ; 10. Canto y Oración in Juan Gabriel's "Amor Eterno": A Latin@/x Refusal to Forget Lives Lost to State-Sanctioned Violence / Kiara Padilla
Part III. The Media and Popular Culture. 11. Americana White Plight: Bolsotrumpism and the Linear Desire for Westernness / Renata Carvalho Barreto ; 12. Trump's Hermeneutics of the Ass: Anal Theory, Gaping Holes, and Backdoor Approaches to the U.S.-Mexico Border / Sergio A. Macías ; 13. The Dehumanizing Framing of Central American and Mexican Children and Youth Seeking Refuge in the United States / Maria Vargas and Heidy Sarabia ; 14. Migrant Children and the Carceral State in the Comic Book Home / Jose Enrique Navarro ; 15. I'm the Shooter / JM Rivera
Part IV. Resistance and Abolitionist Dreams. 16. Sexual Violence and the Prison/Border Archive: Theorizing a Feminist Abolition Praxis of Migrant Detention / Cinthya Martinez ; 17. Trump's Bellicose Border Wall and the Hateful Rhetoric and Violence it Inspires in the Paso del Norte Region / Cynthia Bejarano and Diana Lopez ; 18. White Supremacy and Migrant Advocacy at the US-Mexico Border / Allison Glover ; 19. Free Them All: Trans Abolitionist Visions (A conversation with Jordan Garcia) / Nishant Upadhyay ; 20. Resistance Archiving: Reflections on the IMM Print Detention Stories Project / Tina Shull and Jamila Hammami -- Afterword / by Karma R. Chávez
Summary "An interdisciplinary collection of cultural, historic, activist, and artistic essays that discuss the impacts of Trump's policies and rhetorics towards BIPoC/Latinx migrants"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Trump, Donald, 1946-
Presidents -- United States -- Racial attitudes.
Immigrants -- Violence against -- Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 21st century
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
SUBJECT United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History -- 21st century
Form Electronic book
Author Ordaz, Jessica
Chavez, Leo R
Chávez, Karma R
ISBN 9780816552337
0816552339