The land of open graves living and dying on the migrant trail
"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 a...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2015]
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| Series: | California series in public anthropology ;
36. |
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| Summary: | "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. |
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| Physical Description: | 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520282742 0520282744 9780520282759 0520282752 |
| Author Notes: | Jason De León is Professor of Anthropology and Chicana/o Studies and Director of the Cotsen Institute of Archeology at UCLA. He is a 2017 MacArthur Foundation Fellow and the Executive Director of the Undocumented Migration Project, which organizes the global participatory exhibition Hostile Terrain 94. He is the author of Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling , winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Nonfiction. |
