Bibliograph

Migrant crossings, witnessing human trafficking in the U.S., Annie Isabel Fukushima

Type

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Migrant crossings, witnessing human trafficking in the U.S., Annie Isabel Fukushima

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Migrant crossings

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Annie Isabel Fukushima

Sub title

witnessing human trafficking in the U.S.

Summary

Migrant Crossings examines the experiences and representations of Asian and Latina/o migrants trafficked in the United States into informal economies and service industries. Through sociolegal and media analysis of court records, press releases, law enforcement campaigns, film representations, theatre performances, and the law, Annie Isabel Fukushima questions how we understand victimhood, criminality, citizenship, and legality. Fukushima examines how migrants legally cross into visibility, through frames of citizenship, and narratives of victimhood. She explores the interdisciplinary framing of the role of the law and the legal system, the notion of "perfect victimhood", and iconic victims, and how trafficking subjects are resurrected for contemporary movements as illustrated in visuals, discourse, court records, and policy. Migrant Crossings deeply interrogates what it means to bear witness to migration in these migratory times-and what such migrant crossings mean for subjects who experience violence during or after their crossing

Target audience

adult

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