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What becomes of men the U.S. locks up and kicks out? From 2009 to 2020, the U.S. deported more than five million people-over 90 percent of them men. In Banished Men, Abigail Andrews and her students tell 186 of their stories. How, they ask, does expulsion shape men's lives and sense of themselves? The book uncovers a harrowing carceral system that weaves together policing, prison, detention, removal, and border militarization to undermine migrants as men. Guards and gangs beat them down, till they feel like cockroaches, pigs, or dogs. Many lose ties with family. They do not go "home." Instead, they end up in limbo: stripped of their very humanity. Against the odds, they fight for new ways to belong. At once devastating and humane, Banished Men offers a clear-eyed critique of the violence of deportation.
About the Author
Reviews
"A remarkable achievement. . . .Banished Men is mandatory reading." * Social Forces *
"A powerful contribution to the field of Latinos and immigration." * Gender & Society *
"For Andrews, this book, her second, cements her status as a foundational scholar in the sociology of migration and the interdisciplinary field of illegality studies. For those studying deportation and illegality, Banished Men is mandatory reading." * Social Forces *
"A powerful contribution to the field of Latinos and immigration." * Gender & Society *
Book Information
ISBN 9780520417311
Author Abigail Leslie Andrews
Format Hardback
Page Count 216
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 499g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm
What becomes of men the U.S. locks up and kicks out? From 2009 to 2020, the U.S. deported more than five million people-over 90 percent of them men. In Banished Men, Abigail Andrews and her students tell 186 of their stories. How, they ask, does expulsion shape men's lives and sense of themselves? The book uncovers a harrowing carceral system that weaves together policing, prison, detention, removal, and border militarization to undermine migrants as men. Guards and gangs beat them down, till they feel like cockroaches, pigs, or dogs. Many lose ties with family. They do not go "home." Instead, they end up in limbo: stripped of their very humanity. Against the odds, they fight for new ways to belong. At once devastating and humane, Banished Men offers a clear-eyed critique of the violence of deportation.
About the Author
Abigail Andrews is Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at the University of California, San Diego, and Director of the Mexican Migration Field Research Program. She researched this book together with thirty-one Latinx students.
The Mexican Migration Field Research Program (mmfrp.org) is a yearlong series of courses at UCSD in which students do original, trauma-informed fieldwork in collaboration with immigrant rights organizations at the US-Mexico border. More than 90 percent of the team are first-generation Latinx college students.
Reviews
"A remarkable achievement. . . .Banished Men is mandatory reading." * Social Forces *
"A powerful contribution to the field of Latinos and immigration." * Gender & Society *
"For Andrews, this book, her second, cements her status as a foundational scholar in the sociology of migration and the interdisciplinary field of illegality studies. For those studying deportation and illegality, Banished Men is mandatory reading." * Social Forces *
"A powerful contribution to the field of Latinos and immigration." * Gender & Society *
Book Information
ISBN 9780520417311
Author Abigail Leslie Andrews
Format Hardback
Page Count 216
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 499g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm
