Open Hand, Closed Fist
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Open Hand, Closed Fist

Practices of Undocumented Organizing in a Hostile State

Kathryn Abrams

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Open Hand, Closed Fist

Practices of Undocumented Organizing in a Hostile State

Kathryn Abrams

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How does a group that lacks legal status organize its members to become effective political activists? In the early 2000s, Arizona's campaign of "attrition through enforcement" aimed to make life so miserable for undocumented immigrants that they would "self-deport." Undocumented activists resisted hostile legislation, registered thousands of new Latino voters, and joined a national movement to advance justice for immigrants. Drawing on five years of observation and interviews with activists in Phoenix, Arizona, Kathryn Abrams explains howthepracticesof storytelling, emotion cultures, and performative citizenship fueled this grassroots movement. Together these practices produced both the "open hand" (the affective bonds among participants) and the "closed fist" (the pragmatic strategies of resistance) thathave allowed the movement to mobilize and sustain itself over time.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9780520384439
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Emigration & Immigration
Index
Social Sciences

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