Resistance and Abolition in the Borderlands

Arturo J. Aldama is chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies at University of Colorado Boulder. He is the author of many books, including Decolonizing Latinx Masculinities, which won runner-up to best nonfiction in Empowering Latino Futures. He serves as co-editor for the book series Latinx Pop Culture with the University of Arizona Press.Jessica Ordaz is an assistant professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is the author of The Shadow of El Centro: A History of Migrant Incarceration and Solidarity.

“Resistance and Abolition in the Borderlands is a book that could not have been produced earlier. It is not the shocked outrage of books that appeared during the Trump administration, but the measured, scholarly, and timely musings about the Trump era’s impact that could only be produced with some distance and perspective. This is a must-read volume for anyone trying to understand the current state of American culture and politics.”—Robert Con Davis-Undiano, author of Mestizos Come Home!: Making and Claiming Mexican American Identity“The editors and contributors of this volume weave a generative pathway through incredibly difficult issues that we will continue to deal with for years to come. This timely and comprehensive collection balances the horrors of political cruelty with the hope and determination of the human spirit.”—Domino Renee Perez, author of Fatherhood in the Borderlands: A Daughter’s Slow Approach

• Foreword by Leo R. ChavezIntroduction: Terror, Trauma, and Resistance in the U.S./MÉxico BorderlandsArturo Aldama and Jessica OrdazPart I. Xenophobia, Abjection, and State Violence1. “They’re Bringing Drugs!”: Reflections on Movement and Migration, the War on Drugs, and the Opioid Crisis in Trump’s AmericaRebecca Avalos2. Separating and Caging Immigrant Families: Case Studies in South Texas from the Postwar Era Through Trump’s Reign of TerrorJennifer Cullison3. Human Trafficking and the Politics of State Violence Through Operation Lone StarAntonio VÁsquez4. The Uterus Collectors: The Lineage of Hemispheric Medical Abuse and Experimentation in the United States and GuatemalaAlexandria Herrera5. Reflections on Right-Wing Leadership in the United States: From LAPD Chief William Parker to Donald TrumpRoberto A. MÓnico6. Refugees and Human Rights Law During the Trump AdministrationJasmin Lilian DiabPart II. Performing the Borderlands: Visual Arts, Music, Dance, and Community Resistance(s)7. No EstÁn Solxs: Mourning Migrant Suffering and Death Through Commemorative Art at the U.S.///Mexico BorderAlexis N. Meza and Leslie Quintanilla8. “American” Incarceration: Dances That Critique Confinement and Contribute to Prison Abolitionist PossibilitiesTria Blu Wakpa9. Museum at the BorderEliseo Ortiz10. Canto y OraciÓn in Juan Gabriel’s “Amor Eterno”: A Latin@/x Refusal to Forget Lives Lost to State-Sanctioned ViolenceKiara PadillaPart III. The Media and Popular Culture11. Americana White Plight: Bolsotrumpism and the Linear Desire for WesternnessRenata Carvalho Barreto12. Trump’s Hermeneutics of the Ass: Anal Theory, Gaping Holes, and Backdoor Approaches to the U.S.-Mexico BorderSergio A. MacÍas13. The Dehumanizing Framing of Central American and Mexican Children and Youth Seeking Refuge in the United StatesMaria Vargas and Heidy Sarabia14. Migrant Children and the Carceral State in the Comic Book HomeJosÉ Enrique Navarro15. I’m the ShooterJ-M RiveraPart IV. Resistance and Abolitionist Dreams16. Sexual Terror and the Prison/Border Archive: Theorizing a Feminist Abolition Praxis of Migrant DetentionCinthya Martinez17. Trump’s Bellicose Border Wall and the Hateful Rhetoric and Violence It Inspires in the Paso del Norte RegionCynthia Bejarano and Diana J. LÓpez18. White Supremacy and Migrant Advocacy at the U.S.-Mexico BorderAllison Glover19. “Free Them All”: A Conversation on Trans Abolitionist Visions with Jordan GarciaNishant Upadhyay20. Resistance Archiving: Reflections on the IMM Print Detention Stories ProjectTina Shull and Jamila HammamiAfterword by Karma R. ChÁvezContributorsIndex