cam a22 4 4500 60438646X CHVBK 20201127093357.0 m d cr |n |||||||| 200529s2020 nyu s 000 0 eng d 978-0-8232-8917-2 0-8232-8917-6 (SERSOL)ssib040331341 (WaSeSS)ssib040331341 MdBmJHUP MdBmJHUP WaSeSS eng spa eng JV6012 .B743 2020 Buff Rachel Ida author A is for Asylum Seeker: Words for People on the Move / A de asilo: palabras para personas en movimiento [Elektronische Daten] Rachel Ida Buff ; Spanish translation by Alejandra Oliva Baltimore, Maryland Project Muse 2020 Baltimore, Md Project MUSE 2020 ©2020 1 online resource (xxxvii, 274 pages) illustrations text txt rdacontent/ger computer c rdamedia/ger online resource cr rdacarrier/ger Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258). Lizenzbedingungen können den Zugang einschränken. License restrictions may limit access. A clear and concise A-to-Z of keywords that echo our current human rights crisis. As millions are forced to leave their nations of origin as a result of political, economic, and environmental peril, rising racism and xenophobia have led to increasingly harsh policies. A mass-mediated political circus obscures both histories of migration and longstanding definitions of words for people on the move, fomenting widespread linguistic confusion. Under this circus tent, there is no regard for history, legal advocacy, or jurisprudence. Yet in a world where the differences between "undocumented migrant" and "asylum seeker" can mean life or death, words have weighty consequences. A timely antidote to this circus, A is for Asylum Seeker reframes key words that describe people on the move. Written to correct the de-meaning of terms by rhetoric and policies based on dehumanization and profitable incarceration, this glossary provides an intersectional and historically grounded consideration of the words deployed in enflamed debate. Skipping some letters of the alphabet while repeating others, thirty terms cover everything from Asylum-seeker to Zero Tolerance Policy. Each entry begins with a contemporary or historical story for illustration and then proceeds to discuss the language politics of the word. The book balances terms affected by current political debates--such as "migrant," "refugee," and "illegal alien"--and terms that offer historical context to these controversies, such as "fugitive," "unhoused," and "vagrant." Rendered in both English and Spanish, this book offers a unique perspective on the journeys, histories, challenges, and aspirations of people on the move. Enhancing the book's utility as an educational and organizing resource, the author provides a list of works for further reading as well as a directory of immigration-advocacy organizations throughout the United States. Description based on print version record. Emigration and immigration law Terminology Emigration and immigration Terminology Oliva Alejandra translator Project Muse distributor Print version 9780823289141 https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9780823289172 Uni Bern: Volltext BK020053 XK020053 XK020000 PDA Package: All eBook Content, incl. OWV/AV PDA5EBK E-Books von 360MarcUpdates IDSBB B405 B405 405VT https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9780823289172 NELB4052011 IDSBB 100 1- Buff Rachel Ida author IDSBB 700 1- Oliva Alejandra translator IDSBB 710 2- Project Muse distributor IDSBB 776 18 Print version 9780823289141 IDSBB 856 40 https://www.degruyter.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=9780823289172 Uni Bern: Volltext