Surviving the Sanctuary City: Asylum-Seeking Work in Nepali New York by Tina Shr

Description: Surviving the Sanctuary City by Tina Shrestha "Surviving the Sanctuary City asks what everyday survival among migrants and asylum seekers can tell us about the cultural logic of suffering within the confines of US borders"-- FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Over the past several decades, the vibrant, multiethnic borough of Queens has seen growth in the community of Nepali migrants, many of whom are navigating the challenging bureaucratic process of asylum legalization. Surviving the Sanctuary City follows them through the institutional spaces of asylum offices, law firms, and human rights agencies to document the labor of seeking asylum. As an interpreter and a volunteer at a grassroots community center, anthropologist Tina Shrestha has witnessed how migrants must perform a particular kind of suffering that is legible to immigration judges and asylum officers. She demonstrates the lived contradictions asylum seekers face while producing their "suffering testimonials" and traces their attempts to overcome these contradictions through the Nepali notions of kaagaz banaune (making paper) and dukkha (suffering). Surviving the Sanctuary City asks what everyday survival among migrants and asylum seekers can tell us about the cultural logic of suffering within the confines of US borders. Through rich ethnographic detail and careful nuanced narratives, it puts the lives and perspectives of the Nepali migrant community at the center of the story. In so doing, Shrestha offers a fundamental rethinking of asylum seeking as a form of precarious labor and immigration enforcement in a rapidly changing US society. Author Biography Tina Shrestha is assistant professor at the Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University. Table of Contents IntroductionChapter 1. Locating Nepali New YorkersChapter 2. Language of Suffering, Language for SurvivalChapter 3. The Logic of "Claimant Credibility"Chapter 4. Testimonial Coconstruction in the Asylum BackstageChapter 5. The Production of Claimant-WorkersChapter 6. The Paradox of Visibility and Collective CensorshipConclusionEpilogueGlossaryNotesReferencesIndex Promotional On the production of migrant labor and suffering through asylum enforcement Details ISBN0295751525 Author Tina Shrestha Year 2023 ISBN-10 0295751525 ISBN-13 9780295751528 Format Paperback Imprint University of Washington Press Subtitle Asylum-Seeking Work in Nepali New York Place of Publication Seattle Country of Publication United States Illustrations 13 b&w illus., 2 maps AU Release Date 2023-05-16 NZ Release Date 2023-05-16 Pages 242 UK Release Date 2023-07-18 Publisher University of Washington Press Alternative 9780295751511 DEWEY 323.631097471 Audience Professional & Vocational Publication Date 2023-05-09 US Release Date 2023-05-09 Series Surviving the Sanctuary City We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159674017;

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