Surviving the sanctuary city : asylum-seeking work in Nepali New York /
"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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
2023.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.2543551 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Locating Nepali New Yorkers
- Language of suffering, language for survival
- The logic of "claimant credibility"
- Testimonial coconstruction in the asylum backstage
- The production of claimant-workers
- The paradox of visibility and collective censorship
- Conclusion
- Epilogue.