Rightlessness : testimony and redress in U.S. prison camps since World War II / A. Naomi Paik.
2016
KF7225 .P35 2016 (Mapit)
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Author
Paik, A. Naomi, author.
Title
Rightlessness : testimony and redress in U.S. prison camps since World War II / A. Naomi Paik.
Imprint
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Description
xvi, 313 pages ; 24 cm.
Series
Studies in United States culture.
Formatted Contents Note
Internment remains : the 1988 Civil Liberties Act and racism re-formed
Residues of rightlessness : ghosts and the afterlife of internment
Just to stay alive : Haitian refugees and Guantánamo's carceral quarantine
Not a place to live : resisting rightlessness through word and body
Creating the enemy combatant: performances of justice and realities of rightlessness
Living in a dying situation: preserving life at Guantánamo
Conclusion.
Residues of rightlessness : ghosts and the afterlife of internment
Just to stay alive : Haitian refugees and Guantánamo's carceral quarantine
Not a place to live : resisting rightlessness through word and body
Creating the enemy combatant: performances of justice and realities of rightlessness
Living in a dying situation: preserving life at Guantánamo
Conclusion.
Note
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - Yale University, 2009) issued under title: Testifying to rightlessness : redressing the camp in narratives of U.S. culture and law.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KF7225 .P35 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781469626314 paperback ; alkaline paper
1469626314 paperback ; alkaline paper
9781469626321 electronic book
1469626314 paperback ; alkaline paper
9781469626321 electronic book
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