Walking the Line
Borderlands and the Politics of Hiking
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19005753 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Toby Beauchamp (0000-0001-5092-8876, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 177-186 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10778004211042814 |
| OpenAlex | W3199990320 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
This article takes the Arizona Trail (AZT) as a case study to consider the ways that hiking is made to serve a political purpose in part through its representation as apolitical. I show how certain opposition to border wall construction employs the figure of the hiker as one that is both beyond the realm of politics and aligned with practices of good citizenship. This move then entails the production of that figure’s other, the migrant whose criminalized walking the wall is meant to prevent. In leaving that other largely unmarked and unaddressed, opposition to the wall’s construction can claim to be disengaged from politics while tacitly affirming the necessity of borders and their enforcement
Citizenship · Enforcement · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Realm · Sociology · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Sex work and related issues
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |