Unruly Waters, Unsanitary Bodies Abject Terrains, Rehabilitation, and Infrastructures of Dispossession on the U.S.–Mexico Border

Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among homeless deportees living in the Tijuana River canal, I examine how the ‘rehabilitation’ of toxic terrains can have corporeal and social consequences for those inhabiting such spaces. For decades, the Tijuana River basin traversing the U.S.–Mexico border has b...

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Main Author: Carlos Martinez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh Library 2023-06-01
Series:Medicine Anthropology Theory
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Online Access:http://www.medanthrotheory.org/article/view/6907