Narratives of Power and the Power of Narratives: Transformation along the U.S.-Mexico Border
Year: 2010
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Using the Three Border Model developed by Mike Davis and Alessandra Moctezuma, this \nthesis presents a number of case studies focused on the narratives of power and \ntransformation that continue to develop on the American side of the U.S.-Mexico border in the post-9/11 context. The first case study overviews the history of the U.S.-Mexico border in relation to the ongoing fortification of the physical boundary and its legal reification in \nfederal policy. The second case study examines the exclusionary policies enacted by the state of Arizona as well as the anti-immigration agenda instituted by the Minuteman Project. The third case study examines the ways in which urban communities in the borderlands contest the material manifestations of the border present in their everyday lives. By surveying case \nstudies at different sites and scales along the U.S.-Mexico boundary, this thesis challenges traditional conceptions of state power at the border.
Source: TSpace (University of Toronto)
Author: Caroline L. Cormier
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2257215736