Walled

AndrÉanne Bissonnette is a postdoctoral researcher at the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University and holds a PhD in political science. Her research, anchored in an intersectional analysis, focuses on Latinas’ experiences and perceptions of reproductive health services in the United States.  Élisabeth Vallet is an associate professor at RMCC–Saint Jean, director of the Center for Geopolitical Studies (Raoul-Dandurand Chair, University of Quebec at Montreal—UQAM), and co-researcher for the Borders in the 21th Century Program at the University of Victoria.

“This is a great contribution to the field of border studies. To date, no volume has looked at the course of the U.S.-Mexico wall from its inception until the present—thirty years later—and analyzed the wide-ranging impacts this political institution has on the lives of people that live in its midst. It will surely be read for many years to come.”—Matthew Longo, author of The Politics of Borders: Sovereignty, Security, and the Citizen after 9/11

• Introduction: Thirty Years On, the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall(s)AndrÉanne Bissonnette and Élisabeth Vallet    PART I. The Wall(s)1. More than a Wall: How the Security-Industrial Complex Changed the U.S.-Mexico BorderÉlisabeth Vallet  2. The Lawless Wall: Waiving Laws to Build Walls on the U.S.-Mexico BorderScott Nicol  3. Between Four Walls: Securitization and Private Immigration Detention in the U.S.-Mexico BorderlandsMathilde Bourgeon  4. Masking the Wall: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Border Restrictions in the San Diego–Tijuana RegionDavid A. Shirk and Allyson Teague    PART II. Faced with the Border: Migrants’ Experiences at the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall(s)5. Migrant Women Experiencing Homelessness and Violence in the U.S.-Mexico Border RegionEva M. Moya, Silvia M. ChÁvez-Baray, Patricia Ravelo-Blancas[AK1] , and Susana BÁez-Ayala  6. Shaped by Colonial Borders: Overcoming the National Identity Trap within ImmigrationThalia D’Aragon-GiguÈre  7. Understanding Trump’s Wall and Title 42: A Century of Immigration PolicyHector Padilla[AK2]  and Irasema Coronado    PART III. The Border Is Everyday Life8. The Clinical Border: Structural Violence and Migrant Healthcare in ArizonaErin Hoekstra, Lisa Sun-Hee Park, and Anthony Jimenez  9. Bodies and Borders: Immigration and Reproductive Health along the U.S.-Mexico BorderAndrÉanne Bissonnette  10. Art as Political Resistance at the U.S.-Mexico Border FenceTony Payan  11. Reclaiming Citizenship Through Borderlands Pedagogy, Storytelling, and PraxisT. Mark Montoya