Tina Shrestha

Surviving the Sanctuary City

Asylum-Seeking Work in Nepali New York

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Surviving the Sanctuary City asks what everyday survival among migrants and asylum seekers can tell us about the cultural logic of suffering within the confines of US borders"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780295751528
• ISBN-10: 0295751525
• Artikelnr.: 66280316

Autorenporträt

Tina Shrestha is assistant professor at the Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. Locating Nepali New Yorkers
Chapter 2. Language of Suffering, Language for Survival
Chapter 3. The Logic of "Claimant Credibility"
Chapter 4. Testimonial Coconstruction in the Asylum Backstage
Chapter 5. The Production of Claimant-Workers
Chapter 6. The Paradox of Visibility and Collective Censorship
Conclusion
Epilogue
Glossary
Notes
References
Index