The Border and Its Bodies

The Embodiment of Risk Along the U.S.-México Line

by Thomas E. SheridanRandall H. McGuire

The increasingly militarized U.S.-México border is an intensely physical place, affecting the bodies of all who encounter it. The essays in this volume explore how crossing becomes embodied in individuals on the most basic social unit possible: the human body.

Metadata

  • isbn
    978-0-8165-4166-9
  • publisher
    University of Arizona Press
  • publisher place
    Tucson, AZ
  • rights
    CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  • rights holder
    The Arizona Board of Regents
  • series title
    Amerind Studies in Anthropology