TY  - GEN
T1  - A story to save your life : communication and culture in migrants' search for asylum
A1  - Bishop, Sarah C., 1984-
LA  - English
PP  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
YR  - 2022
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1336405945
AB  - "Maria flees violence in Mexico and seeks protection in the United States-only to be trafficked as a domestic worker in the Bronx. Jeffrey, a decorated immigration judge, leaves his post when the policies he proudly upheld capsize in the wake of political turmoil. Aisha, a Gambian translator who was granted asylum, teaches other African women how immigration officers expect victims of torture to behave. Josh, a border patrol officer, begins to question the training that instructs him to treat the children he finds in the Arizona desert like criminals. Through these and other powerful firsthand accounts, A Story to Save Your Life offers new insight into the harrowing realities of seeking protection in the United States. Sarah C. Bishop argues that cultural differences in communication shape every stage of the asylum process, playing a major but unexamined role. Migrants fleeing persecution must reconstruct the details of their lives so governmental authorities can determine whether their experiences justify protection. However, Bishop shows, many factors influence whether an applicant is perceived as credible, from the effects of trauma on the ability to recount an experience chronologically to culturally rooted nonverbal behaviors and displays of emotion. For asylum seekers, harnessing the power of autobiographical storytelling can mean the difference between life and death. A Story to Save Your Life emphasizes how memory, communication, and culture intertwine in migrants' search for safety"--
OP  - 268
CN  - JV6483
SN  - 9780231555364
SN  - 0231555369
SN  - 9780231204088
SN  - 0231204086
SN  - 9780231204095
SN  - 0231204094
KW  - United States : Emigration and immigration : Government policy.
KW  - Political refugees : United States : Case studies.
KW  - Political refugees : Legal status, laws, etc. : United States.
KW  - États-Unis : Émigration et immigration : Politique gouvernementale.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration.
KW  - Emigration and immigration : Government policy
KW  - Political refugees
KW  - Political refugees : Legal status, laws, etc.
KW  - United States
KW  - Case studies
ER  -