The Specter of Surveillance
Navigating "Illegality" and Indigeneity among Maya Migrants in the San Francisco Bay Area
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2290545 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deanna Barenboim (Sarah Lawrence College) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-94 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1081-6976 • E-ISSN: 1555-2934 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/plar.12132 |
| OpenAlex | W2398046123 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 25 |
This article explores how indigenous migrants experience the sociopolitical and existential condition of "illegality" in the United States. Drawing on the experiences of Maya migrants from Yucatán, Mexico, in the San Francisco Bay Area, I argue that the specter of state surveillance and the threat of law enforcement produce a particular politics of (im)mobility for indigenous migrants. This local politics of mobility takes form through spatialtactics of invisibilityandvisibility.Tracing migrants' tactical maneuvers through public space, I show how their relations to space, place, and movement alter cultural sensibilities oftranquilidad(tranquility),and further instantiate "illegality" as a site of exclusion. This analysis of the experiential effects of anticipated surveillance provides a deeper understanding of the power of the state to enforce migrant "illegality" even in cities that promise official sanctuary
Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Sex work and related issues
Vigilance, Knowledge, and De/colonization
Race, State Surveillance, and Policy Spillover
Tactics of association
The Ambivalent Subject
Scopic relations as spatial relations
Tracing Invisibility as a Colonial Project
Etnicidad maya en Yucatán
Cabecitas Blancas
Mobile sanctuary
A Bridge that Divides
Nigerian Immigrants as 'Liminars' in Ghana, West Africa
Fighting against Clandestine Migration
Seeing like police
Shelter Blues
The Effect of Fear on Access to Care Among Undocumented Latino Immigrants
Multiculturalism
The Deportation Regime
‘I have too much baggage’
Linguistics and Indigenous American Languages
Lost in Mayaland
Grieving for mestizaje
A Mother’s Heart is Weighed Down with Stones
Exploring “Illegal” and “Irregular” Migrants' Lived Experiences of Law and State Power
Everyone with Eyes Can See the Problem”
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies
"Toward a Critical Phenomenology of "Illegality
The Cunning of Recognition
Migration, "illegality," and health
The Sense of Tranquility
Somatic Modes of Attention
Migrant "Illegality" and Deportability in Everyday Life
Automobility, Immobility, Altermobility
Awakening to a Nightmare
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |