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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Автор: Shrestha, Tina (Автор)
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Мова:Англійська
Опубліковано: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2023.
Онлайн доступ:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.2543551
Зміст:
  • 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.