Ghazah Abbasi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1179998 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ghazah Abbasi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ghazah |
| FAMILY NAME | Abbasi |
| SIGNATURE | ABBASI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vermont |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3752-6754 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Skilling Me Softly
This paper shows how work visas racialize immigrant labor in the U.S., paying specific attention to Specialty Occupation (H-1B) visas and Temporary Worker (H-2A and H-2B) visas. I undertake comparative-historical analysis using theoretical, qualitative, and quantitative methods. I make the following three arguments. First, I develop the theoretical framework of 'implicitly racialized capitalism' to explain why, in the post-Civil Rights era, the r…
Discipline and Commoditize
U-Visas are granted to immigrant survivors of gender-based crimes. I use critical discourse analysis to examine 100 U-visa cases. I present two arguments. First, U-Visa adjudication establishes a panoptics of pain that disciplines survivors. The panoptics of pain transforms immigrant suffering into objects of scientific knowledge. Second, U-Visas establish an economy of pain that commoditizes survivors’ suffering. The economy of pain establishes …
Discipline and Commoditize
U-Visas are granted to immigrant survivors of gender-based crimes. I use critical discourse analysis to examine 100 U-visa cases. I present two arguments. First, U-Visa adjudication establishes a panoptics of pain that disciplines survivors. The panoptics of pain transforms immigrant suffering into objects of scientific knowledge. Second, U-Visas establish an economy of pain that commoditizes survivors’ suffering. The economy of pain establishes …
Discipline and Commoditize
U-Visas are granted to immigrant survivors of gender-based crimes. I use critical discourse analysis to examine 100 U-visa cases. I present two arguments. First, U-Visa adjudication establishes a panoptics of pain that disciplines survivors. The panoptics of pain transforms immigrant suffering into objects of scientific knowledge. Second, U-Visas establish an economy of pain that commoditizes survivors’ suffering. The economy of pain establishes …
Skilling Me Softly
This paper shows how work visas racialize immigrant labor in the U.S., paying specific attention to Specialty Occupation (H-1B) visas and Temporary Worker (H-2A and H-2B) visas. I undertake comparative-historical analysis using theoretical, qualitative, and quantitative methods. I make the following three arguments. First, I develop the theoretical framework of 'implicitly racialized capitalism' to explain why, in the post-Civil Rights era, the r…
Immigration (2 works) · Adjudication (1 work) · Capitalism (1 work) · Citizenship (1 work) · Computer security (1 work) · Criminology (1 work) · Employment and Welfare Studies (1 work) · Exploit (1 work) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (1 work) · Immigration policy (1 work)