Letters from inside a U.S. detention center Carla's story / Jane Juffer and Carla ; translation by John Kennedy Godoy.
| Author/creator | Juffer, Jane, 1962- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Letters from inside a United States detention center. |
| Series | Global gender |
| Contents | Preface : a conversation between two accomplices -- Introduction : the time and space of immigrant detention -- Carla's letters -- Can the detained speak? : from the classroom to detention, and back : student activism and Carla's release -- In the courtroom : how to tell one's story, and the pressure of the linear narrative. |
| Abstract | "After fleeing homophobia and threats to her life in her native El Salvador, 'Carla' was detained for two years inside the Buffalo Federal Detention Center. Her letters provide a powerful and unique account of a queer woman's experience inside America's asylum system. Letters from Inside a US Detention Centre reconstructs Carla's story from the correspondence between Carla and Jane Juffer, a professor at Cornell University, and from excerpts from the legal decisions made while she was being held in immigration detention. Contextualised with explanation and analysis of detention in the United States, the book examines how detention exacerbates the trauma many migrants experience and becomes another site of fear, intimidation, and uncertainty. Carla's narrative is a powerful story, and one that illustrates grievous injustices in the U.S. immigration and asylum system. The book will be of immense value to immigration activists and scholars alike, especially in feminist studies, queer studies, and those studying the intersections of prisons and detention centres"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Juffer, Jane, 1962- Letters from inside a U.S. detention center London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023 9781032427867 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022047720 |
| ISBN | 9781000859133 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9781003371991 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |