Name: Disinventions. Rhetorics of Undocumented Immigration in the Deterrence Era
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Author: Jose Manuel Cortez
ISBN: 9780271100234

portada Disinventions. Rhetorics of Undocumented Immigration in the Deterrence Era

Disinventions. Rhetorics of Undocumented Immigration in the Deterrence Era

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Libro Físico

Editorial

Pennsylvania State University Press

Autor

Jose Manuel Cortez

Colección

RSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric

Año

2025

N° páginas

168

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

22.9x15.2x1.8 cm

ISBN13

9780271100234

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Reseña del libro "Disinventions. Rhetorics of Undocumented Immigration in the Deterrence Era"

US immigration policy along the southwestern border is deadly. Since 1994, the US Border Patrol has implemented a federal immigration strategy known as “prevention through deterrence,” which closed off many urban entry points along the US-Mexico border and militarized urban border crossings. This policy forced undocumented migrants to cross through dangerous terrain like the Sonoran Desert, often with tragic results. Immigrant advocates highlight migrant disappearances and deaths to expose the policy’s human toll. In Disinventions, José Manuel Cortez argues this approach is unlikely to bring an end to such oppressive immigration practices. Disinventions examines the cultural, political, and rhetorical effects of US deterrence practices, exploring how discourse on immigration overlooks subjects who have always been a part of the borderlands but are rarely included in migration narratives. He highlights the failings of decolonial methods and discourse to fully capture and represent marginalized voices, including Black, Central American, and queer subjects. And he develops an ethics of unconditional hospitality embracing undocumented migrants. By drawing on the concept of “atopias” and what he calls “sites of disinvention” to unearth new forms of politics, Cortez suggests we can transcend the limits of decolonization discourse and humanize undocumented immigrants. This challenging and engaging work should appeal to scholars and students of rhetorical studies, Latinx studies, and American studies.