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Open Hand, Closed Fist: Practices of Undocumented Organizing in a Hostile State - Couverture souple

Abrams, Kathryn

 
9780520384422: Open Hand, Closed Fist: Practices of Undocumented Organizing in a Hostile State
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0520384423 ISBN 13 : 9780520384422
Editeur : University of California Press, 2022

Synopsis

How does a group that lacks legal status organize its members to become effective political activists? In the early 2000s, Arizona's campaign of "attrition by enforcement" aimed to make life so miserable for undocumented immigrants that they would "self-deport." Undocumented activists resisted hostile legislation, registered thousands of new Latino voters, and joined a national movement to advance justice for immigrants. Drawing on five years of observation and interviews with activists in Phoenix, Arizona, Kathryn Abrams explains how the practices of storytelling, emotion cultures, and performative citizenship fueled this grassroots movement. Together these practices produced both the "open hand" (the affective bonds among participants) and the "closed fist" (the pragmatic strategies of resistance) that have allowed the movement to mobilize and sustain itself over time.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kathryn Abrams is Herma Hill Kay Distinguished Professor of Law at University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

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Éditeur
University of California Press
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0520384423
ISBN 13 
9780520384422
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
303
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