Beyond Surveillance and Moonscapes

An Alternative Imaginary of the U.S.–Mexico Border Wall

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12410312
AutoresMargaret E Dorsey (University of Texas‐Pan American, autor correspondente), Miguel Díaz‐barriga (0000-0002-3960-9580, University of Texas‐Pan American)
Ano2010
Volume26
Fascículo2
Páginas128-135
Data de publicação2010-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoVisual Anthropology Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1058-7187 • E-ISSN: 1548-7458
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1548-7458.2010.01073.x
OpenAlexW2109327070
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18
Referências citadas5

This article argues that visual representations of the U.S.–Mexico border wall in the popular media, including Time Magazine and National Geographic, portray the border region as lifeless and desolate. These representations negate the possibility of viewing the border as a dynamic and diverse area that is verdant and home to communities and rich cultural histories. The article begins with an overview of popular representations of the U.S.–Mexico border, focusing on the ways that this imagery reinforces calls for militarizing it. The authors then offer alternative representations of the border through their own anthropological photo essay of the U.S.–Mexico border wall

Geography · Media studies · Sociology · The Imaginary · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography · Psychology