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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813179903321

Autore

Ngin ChorSwang

Titolo

Identities on trial in the United States : asylum seekers from Asia / / ChorSwang Ngin ; foreword by David W. Haines

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2018

ISBN

1-4985-7474-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 pages)

Collana

Crossing borders in a global world: applying anthropology to migration, displacement, and social change

Disciplina

342.73083

Soggetti

Asylum, Right of - United States

Asians - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Immigration enforcement - United States

Administrative courts - United States

Forensic anthropology - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.