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UNINA9910793032803321 |
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Autore |
Ngin ChorSwang |
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Identities on trial in the United States : asylum seekers from Asia / / ChorSwang Ngin ; foreword by David W. Haines |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2018 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (267 pages) |
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Collana |
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Crossing borders in a global world: applying anthropology to migration, displacement, and social change |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Asylum, Right of - United States |
Asians - Legal status, laws, etc - United States |
Immigration enforcement - United States |
Administrative courts - United States |
Forensic anthropology - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword / David W. Haines -- Introduction : the asylum seeker as the anthropological figure of the twenty-first century -- I don't need your bones to know your race -- How much Chinese should a Chinese be? -- Racialization and persecution -- A student protester from a Myanmar prison -- A Buddhist monk, a Catholic woman, a Christian pastor -- Did Jesus walk through a field of wheat or a field of grass? / co-authored with Joann Yeh -- An apostate from Indonesia : a convert from Islam to Catholicism -- Ethnographic details as evidence on rape and pregnancy -- Without evidence and without witness -- Dowry dispute : a case for the law firm of Seyfarth Shaw -- A filial daughter's love of Falun Gong exercises -- Her forced abortion was a frivolous claim -- Double tragedy : Mr. Song's humiliation or embarrassment? -- Article I courts in a world of uncertainties / co-authored with Joann Yeh -- An anthropologist in the courtroom / co-authored with Joann Yeh. |
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