The land of open graves
Subtitle: living and dying on the migrant trail
By: Jason De Leon ; with photographs by Michael Wells
Series: California series in public anthropology -- 36
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Oakland, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780520282742; 9780520282759
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Border security; Government policy; Immigration enforcement
Description: "Anthropologist Jason De León sheds light on one of the most pressing political issues of our time--the human consequences of US immigration policy. The Land of Open Graves reveals the suffering and death that take place daily in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona as thousands of undocumented migrants attempt to cross from Mexico into the United States. Drawing on the four major fields of anthropology, De León uses an innovative combination of ethnography, archaeology, linguistics, and forensic science to produce a scathing critique of 'Prevention through Deterrence,' the federal border enforcement policy that encourages migrants to cross in areas characterized by extreme environmental conditions and high risk of death. For two decades, this policy has failed to deter border crossers while successfully turning the rugged terrain of southern Arizona into a killing field"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-348) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prevention through deterrence; title: Dangerous ground; title: Necroviolence; title: Memo and Lucho; title: Deported; title: Technological warfare; title: The crossing; title: Exposure; title: You can't leave them behind; title: Maricela; title: We will wait until you get here.