TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Remembrance and resilience: resisting the violence of the  U.S.-Mexico Border
JO  - Women's studies quarterly
A1  - Aizeki, Mizue
SP  - 119
EP  - 126
VL  - 47
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0732-1562
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/wsq.2019.0037
ID  - ref1
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