{"product_id":"surviving-the-sanctuary-city-asylumseeking-work-in-nepali-new-york-9780295751528","title":"Surviving the Sanctuary City: Asylum-Seeking Work in Nepali New York","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe documentary Surviving the Sanctuary City explores the struggles of Nepali migrants seeking asylum in New York City. It follows them through the bureaucratic process and documents the labor of seeking asylum. Anthropologist Tina Shrestha witnesses how migrants must perform a particular kind of suffering that is legible to immigration judges and asylum officers. She demonstrates how they try to overcome these contradictions through Nepali notions of kaagaz banaune and dukkha. The documentary offers a rethinking of asylum seeking as a form of precarious labor and immigration enforcement in a rapidly changing US society. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 242 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 09 June 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past several decades, the vibrant, multiethnic borough of Queens has seen growth in the community of Nepali migrants, many of whom are navigating the challenging bureaucratic process of asylum legalization. \u003ci\u003eSurviving the Sanctuary City\u003c\/i\u003e follows them through the institutional spaces of asylum offices, law firms, and human rights agencies to document the labor of seeking asylum. As an interpreter and a volunteer at a grassroots community center, anthropologist Tina Shrestha has witnessed how migrants must perform a particular kind of suffering that is legible to immigration judges and asylum officers. She demonstrates the lived contradictions asylum seekers face while producing their \"suffering testimonials\" and traces their attempts to overcome these contradictions through the Nepali notions of \u003ci\u003ekaagaz banaune\u003c\/i\u003e (making paper) and \u003ci\u003edukkha\u003c\/i\u003e (suffering). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurviving the Sanctuary City\u003c\/i\u003e asks what everyday survival among migrants and asylum seekers can tell us about the cultural logic of suffering within the confines of US borders. Through rich ethnographic detail and careful nuanced narratives, it puts the lives and perspectives of the Nepali migrant community at the center of the story. In so doing, Shrestha offers a fundamental rethinking of asylum seeking as a form of precarious labor and immigration enforcement in a rapidly changing US society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 362g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 229 x 152 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780295751528\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tina Shrestha","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44284381233402,"sku":"9780295751528","price":24.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1686912840310_book.jpg?v=1687007264","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/surviving-the-sanctuary-city-asylumseeking-work-in-nepali-new-york-9780295751528","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}