Forced Out and Fenced In: Immigration Tales From the Field - Softcover

Golash-Boza, Tanya Maria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019063345X ISBN 13: 9780190633455

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2017

Synopsis

Former President Barack Obama's administration oversaw three million deportations-far more than any previous President, and more than the sum total of all deportations prior to 1997. President Donald Trump has promised to surpass these record numbers of deportations. With mass deportation constantly in the news, students crave a deeper understanding of how we have arrived at this particular historical moment.

This collection of powerful essays-written by leading scholars in migration studies-puts a human face on mass deportation by telling the stories of people bearing the brunt of immigration law enforcement. Each narrative in Forced Out and Fenced In: Immigration Tales From the Field centers on a person or a small group of people and places their story within the broader socio-legal and historical context. The authors weave the relevant historical, political, and socio-legal analysis throughout each essay, yet the narrative remains the most important element in each piece. The book is ideal for courses on immigration in sociology, anthropology, political science, law and society, ethnic studies, Latino studies, history, geography, and American studies.

About this title

About the Author

Tanya Maria Golash-Boza is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts at the University of California, Merced. She is the author of several books, including Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach (OUP, 2015).

Review

"The time for this book is now. I was impressed by the broad and thorough coverage of issues in Forced Out and Fenced In. The narrative structure of the book makes it highly readable and compelling. I love how each chapter centers on a person's story and takes us beyond numbers and ideologies to humanize the cost of the U.S's broken immigration system. This book will become an instant classic, helping contemporary readers to better understand what is going on and why, but also for future readers to gain a nuanced insight into this dark period of U.S. history."--Alejandra Marchevsky, CSU Los Angeles

"The stories in this book are powerful on multiple levels, and the field research conducted to flesh them out is consistently impressive. The stories are often gut-wrenching, yet the authors generally do an excellent job of making their subjects fully human in all of their complexity."--Steven P. Miller, Webster University

"Forced Out and Fenced In's concise anecdotes help to answer a crucial question: 'What happens to people after deportation or removal?' I've wished that I had a vivid reading to cover this question in my classes in the past. Now I do."--Hans Leaman, Yale University

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 019063345X
• ISBN 13: 9780190633455
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 268