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51 books match the query 'Women immigrants' and 2 start with c
Captivity Beyond Prisons
Criminalization Experiences of Latina (Im)migrantsBy Martha D. Escobar
University of Texas Press, 2016
Today the United States leads the world in incarceration rates. The country increasingly relies on the prison system as a “fix” for the regulation of societal issues. Captivity Beyond Prisons is the first full-length book to explicitly link prisons and incarceration to the criminalization of Latina (im)migrants.
Starting in the 1990s, the United States saw tremendous expansion in the number of imprisoned (im)migrants, specifically Latinas/os. Consequently, there was also an increase in the number of deportations. In addition to regulating society, prisons also serve as a reproductive control strategy, both in preventing female inmates from having children and by separating them from their families. With an eye to racialized and gendered technologies of power, Escobar argues that incarcerated Latinas are especially depicted as socially irrecuperable because they are not considered useful within the neoliberal labor market. This perception impacts how they are criminalized, which is not limited to incarceration but also extends to and affects Latina (im)migrants’ everyday lives. Escobar also explores the relationship between the immigrant rights movement and the prison abolition movement, scrutinizing a variety of social institutions working on solutions to social problems that lead to imprisonment.
Accessible to both academics and those in the justice and social service sectors, Escobar’s book pushes readers to consider how, even in radical spaces, unequal power relations can be reproduced by the very entities that attempt to undo them.
Central American Women in Diaspora
Testimonios of the GenerationsEdited by Karina Alma and Ester E. Hernández
University of Arizona Press, 2026
This collection centers Central American women’s voices within the growing narrative of the Central American diaspora. It provides a tapestry of testimonios—from grandmothers, mothers, daughters, and sisters—who explore what it means to be Central American women in the United States.
Through the practice of testimonio, contributors create intergenerational dialogues between mothers and daughters, engage with Indigenous oral traditions, and reflect on the violent histories of war in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The volume is organized around five themes: political histories, migration, gender and sexuality, navigating institutions, and healing. Within each theme contributors tackle a range of issues, including Central American political histories, healing, grief, Indigenous knowledge, memory, trauma, post-traumatic growth, organizing, creativity, and agency.
This anthology spans genres such as poetry, essay, and visual art to present diverse perspectives, including Indigenous, Afro-Indigenous, queer, and working-class voices. An intervention that centers gendered experiences and challenges oppressive structures, this volume celebrates the solidarity, cultural memory, and healing found within transnational ties.
Contributors
Leisy J. Abrego
Margoth Abrego
Bella
Juanita Cabrera López
Jennifer A. Cárcamo
Sandra Castro
Karla Cativo
Kency Cornejo
Gabriela Corona Valencia
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
Rafael Escamilla
Mildred Fuentes-Chung
Diana Gamez
Joanna Beltrán Girón
Ruth Girón
Victoria Gonzalez-Rivera
Claudia D. Hernández
Jessica Hernandez
Leticia Hernández-Linares
Leigh-Anna Hidalgo
Andrea Nikté Juarez Mendoza
Amanda Macal
Carla Macal
Patricia Veliz Macal
Kiara Aileen Machado
Beatriz Maldonado
Jacqueline Munguía
Joanna B. Pérez
Rossana Pérez
Katy Pinto
Claudia A. Portillo
Suyapa Portillo Villeda
Nalya Rodriguez
Jessica Saravia
Andrea Zelaya