Incarcerated stories : indigenous women migrants and violence in the settler-capitalist state /
Speed, Shannon, 1964-
Incarcerated stories : indigenous women migrants and violence in the settler-capitalist state / Shannon Speed. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (163 pages) : illustrations - Critical indigeneities .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Chapter One. Power and vulnerability through indigenous women's stories -- Chapter Two. Domestic departures: vulnerability in the settler state -- Chapter Three. Perilous passages: the neoliberal multicriminal settler state -- Chapter Four. Carceral containments: captivity in the Homeland Security state -- Chapter Five. Beyond detention: undocumented dangers and deportability -- Conclusion: Neoliberal multicriminalism and the enduring settler state -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
"Incarcerated stories uses ethnography and oral history to document and assess the plight of indigenous women migrants from Mexico and Central America to the United States. Their harrowing experiences of violence before, during, and after their migration parallel the worst stories we hear about immigrants' journeys; but as Speed argues, the circumstances for indigenous women are especially devastating against the backdrop of neoliberal economic and political reforms that have taken hold in Latin America as well as the U.S. First these women were promised greater autonomy and economic opportunity under reforms meant to promote indigenous rights at home, but the attention given to indigenous recognition veiled policies that furthered the economic disruption for women"--
9781469653143
Women--Effect of imprisonment on--United States.
Mexicans--Effect of imprisonment on--United States.
Central Americans--Effect of imprisonment on--United States.
Women--Social conditions--United States--21st century.
Mexicans--Social conditions--United States--21st century.
Central Americans--Social conditions--United States--21st century.
Women--Economic conditions--United States--21st century.
Mexicans--Economic conditions--United States--21st century.
Central Americans--Economic conditions--United States--21st century.
Victims of family violence--Central America.
Victims of family violence--Mexico.
Women refugees--United States.
Electronic Books.
HV8738 / .I533 2019
Incarcerated stories : indigenous women migrants and violence in the settler-capitalist state / Shannon Speed. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (163 pages) : illustrations - Critical indigeneities .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Chapter One. Power and vulnerability through indigenous women's stories -- Chapter Two. Domestic departures: vulnerability in the settler state -- Chapter Three. Perilous passages: the neoliberal multicriminal settler state -- Chapter Four. Carceral containments: captivity in the Homeland Security state -- Chapter Five. Beyond detention: undocumented dangers and deportability -- Conclusion: Neoliberal multicriminalism and the enduring settler state -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
"Incarcerated stories uses ethnography and oral history to document and assess the plight of indigenous women migrants from Mexico and Central America to the United States. Their harrowing experiences of violence before, during, and after their migration parallel the worst stories we hear about immigrants' journeys; but as Speed argues, the circumstances for indigenous women are especially devastating against the backdrop of neoliberal economic and political reforms that have taken hold in Latin America as well as the U.S. First these women were promised greater autonomy and economic opportunity under reforms meant to promote indigenous rights at home, but the attention given to indigenous recognition veiled policies that furthered the economic disruption for women"--
9781469653143
Women--Effect of imprisonment on--United States.
Mexicans--Effect of imprisonment on--United States.
Central Americans--Effect of imprisonment on--United States.
Women--Social conditions--United States--21st century.
Mexicans--Social conditions--United States--21st century.
Central Americans--Social conditions--United States--21st century.
Women--Economic conditions--United States--21st century.
Mexicans--Economic conditions--United States--21st century.
Central Americans--Economic conditions--United States--21st century.
Victims of family violence--Central America.
Victims of family violence--Mexico.
Women refugees--United States.
Electronic Books.
HV8738 / .I533 2019