Borderscapes: Hidden Geographies and Politics at Territory's Edge Volume 29

by Prem Kumar Rajaram

Book Overview

Connecting critical issues of state sovereignty with empirical concerns, Borderscapes interrogates the limits of political space. The essays in this volume analyze everyday procedures, such as the classifying of migrants and refugees, security in European and American detention centers, and the DNA sampling of migrants in Thailand, showing the border as a moral construct rich with panic, danger, and patriotism.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081664926X
• ISBN13: 9780816649266
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.9"