Spectacles of migrant 'illegality': The scene of exclusion, the obscene of inclusion

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1180-1198

  De Genova, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

border; labour; nativism xenophobia; race; spectacle; undocumented illegal migration

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CITIZENSHIP; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION POLICY; LABOR MIGRATION; RACE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL INCLUSION;

EID: 84879556303     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2013.783710     Document Type: Article

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