Passing Lines: Sexuality and Immigration
Passing Lines seeks to stimulate dialogue on the role of sexuality and sexual orientation in immigration to the U.S. from Latin America and the Caribbean. The book looks at the complexities, inconsistencies, and paradoxes of immigration from the point of view of both academics and practitioners in the field.\ Passing Lines takes a close look at the debates that surround eyewitness testimony, expertise, and advocacy regarding immigration and sexuality, bringing together work by scholars,...
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Passing Lines seeks to stimulate dialogue on the role of sexuality and sexual orientation in immigration to the U.S. from Latin America and the Caribbean. The book looks at the complexities, inconsistencies, and paradoxes of immigration from the point of view of both academics and practitioners in the field. Passing Lines takes a close look at the debates that surround eyewitness testimony, expertise, and advocacy regarding immigration and sexuality, bringing together work by scholars, activists, and others from both sides of the border.
AcknowledgmentsAbout the ContributorsPART I. INTRODUCTIONPART II. TRENDS IN IMMIGRATIONChapter 1. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Immigration but Were Afraid to Askby Marcelo Suárez-OrozcoChapter 2. Heteronormativity, Responsibility, and Neo-liberal Governance in U.S. Immigration Controlby Eithne LuibhéidPART III. LEGAL MATTERSChapter 3. Refugee Law, Gender, and the Human Rights Paradigmby Deborah AnkerChapter 4. Gay Enough: Some Tensions in Seeking the Grant of Asylum and Protecting Global Sexual Diversityby Alice M. MillerChapter 5. Intimate Conduct, Public Practice, and the Bounds of Citizenship: In the Wake of Lawrence v. Texasby Brad EppsChapter 6. Gay Rights are Human Rights: Gay Asylum Seekers in Canadaby Bill FairbairnPART IV. SYMBOLIC AND MATERIAL ECONOMIESChapter 7. Tolerance and Intolerance in Sexual Cultures in Latin Americaby Roger N. LancasterChapter 8. Cultures of the Puerto Rican Queer Diasporaby Lawrence La Fountain-StokesChapter 9. Politicizing Abjection: Towards the Articulation of a Latino AIDS Queer Identityby Alberto Sandoval-SánchezChapter 10. HIV and the Transnational Movement of People, Money, and Microbesby Paul Farmer and Nicole GastineauPART V. WOMEN IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN ACTIVISTSChapter 11. Unwilling or Unable: Asylum and Non-State Agents of Persecutionby Matthew E. PriceChapter 12. Witnessing Memory and Surviving Domestic Violence: The Case of Rodi Alvarado Peñaby Angélica CházaroChapter 13. "Yo no estoy perdida": Immigrant Women (Re)locating Citizenshipby Kathleen M. CollChapter 14. Immigration, Self-Exile, and Sexual Dissidenceby Norma MogrovegoChapter 15. An Oral History of Brazilian Women Immigrants in the Boston Areaby Heloisa Maria GalvãoIndex
