Rightlessness : testimony and redress in U.S. prison camps since World War II /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Paik, A. Naomi (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Series:	Studies in United States culture.
Subjects:	Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp. War and emergency legislation > United States. Detention of persons > United States. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. Terrorism > Prevention > Law and legislation > United States. Detention of unlawful combatants > United States. Refugees > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States. Haitians > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States. Mesures d'exception > États-Unis. Guerre contre le terrorisme, 2001-2009. Détention des combattants illégaux > États-Unis. LAW > Criminal Law > General. HISTORY > United States > 20th Century. Detention of persons. Detention of unlawful combatants. Haitians > Legal status, laws, etc. Refugees > Legal status, laws, etc. Terrorism > Prevention > Law and legislation. War and emergency legislation. United States. 2001-2009 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Internment remains : the 1988 Civil Liberties Act and racism re-formed
Residues of rightlessness : ghosts and the afterlife of internment
Just to stay alive : Haitian refugees and Guantánamo's carceral quarantine
Not a place to live : resisting rightlessness through word and body
Creating the enemy combatant: performances of justice and realities of rightlessness
Living in a dying situation: preserving life at Guantánamo
Conclusion.