@article{ref1,
title="Remembrance and resilience: resisting the violence of the  U.S.-Mexico Border",
journal="Women's studies quarterly",
year="2019",
author="Aizeki, Mizue",
volume="47",
number="3",
pages="119-126",
abstract="The fortification of the U.S.-Mexico border dominates the current political landscape. This photo-essay goes back to the mid-1990s, when the deaths of people crossing came to the political forefront. Under the Clinton presidential administration, the U.S. government massively increased the size of the policing apparatus on the U.S.-Mexico border, with a focus on urbanized areas. As a consequence, many communities that had previously been sites of fluid migration were closed off, pushing people to cross in isolated areas with dangerous terrain. This led to a marked increase in migrant fatalities. This photo-essay highlights various responses--including political art protesting border militias and activists leaving vital supplies for migrants who pass through the desert--as well as depictions of border militarization and migrant deaths...<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0732-1562",
doi="10.1353/wsq.2019.0037",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/wsq.2019.0037"
}