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In Exiled Home, Susan Bibler Coutin recounts the experiences of
Salvadoran children who migrated with their families to the United
States during the 1980-1992 civil war. Because of their youth and
the violence they left behind, as well as their uncertain legal
status in the United States, many grew up with distant memories of
El Salvador and a profound sense of disjuncture in their adopted
homeland. Through interviews in both countries, Coutin examines how
they sought to understand and overcome the trauma of war and
displacement through such strategies as recording community
histories, advocating for undocumented immigrants, forging new
relationships with the Salvadoran state, and, for those deported
from the United States, reconstructing their lives in El Salvador.
In focusing on the case of Salvadoran youth, Coutin's nuanced
analysis shows how the violence associated with migration can be
countered through practices that recuperate historical memory while
also reclaiming national membership.
The 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was
supposed to be a stepping stone, a policy innovation announced by
the White House designed to put pressure on Congress for a broader,
lasting set of legislative changes. Those changes never
materialized, and the people who hoped to benefit from them have
been forced to navigate a tense and contradictory policy landscape
ever since, haunted by these unfulfilled promises. Legal Phantoms
tells their story. After Congress failed to pass a comprehensive
immigration bill in 2013, President Obama pivoted in 2014 to
supplementing DACA with a deferred action program (known as DAPA)
for the parents of citizens and lawful permanent residents and a
DACA expansion (DACA+) in 2014. But challenges from Republican-led
states prevented even these programs from going into effect.
Interviews with would-be applicants, immigrant-rights advocates,
and government officials reveal how such failed immigration-reform
efforts continue to affect not only those who had hoped to benefit,
but their families, communities, and the country in which they have
made an uneasy home. Out of the ashes of these lost dreams, though,
people find their own paths forward through uncharted legal
territory with creativity and resistance.
The 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was
supposed to be a stepping stone, a policy innovation announced by
the White House designed to put pressure on Congress for a broader,
lasting set of legislative changes. Those changes never
materialized, and the people who hoped to benefit from them have
been forced to navigate a tense and contradictory policy landscape
ever since, haunted by these unfulfilled promises. Legal Phantoms
tells their story. After Congress failed to pass a comprehensive
immigration bill in 2013, President Obama pivoted in 2014 to
supplementing DACA with a deferred action program (known as DAPA)
for the parents of citizens and lawful permanent residents and a
DACA expansion (DACA+) in 2014. But challenges from Republican-led
states prevented even these programs from going into effect.
Interviews with would-be applicants, immigrant-rights advocates,
and government officials reveal how such failed immigration-reform
efforts continue to affect not only those who had hoped to benefit,
but their families, communities, and the country in which they have
made an uneasy home. Out of the ashes of these lost dreams, though,
people find their own paths forward through uncharted legal
territory with creativity and resistance.
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed conference
proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Biomedical
Simulation (ISBMS) which was held in Strasbourg, France, in October
2014. Biomedical modeling and simulation are at the center stage of
worldwide efforts to understand and replicate the behavior and
function of the human organism. Large scale initiatives such as the
Physiome Project, Virtual Physiological Human and Blue Brain
Project aim to develop advanced computational models that will
facilitate the understanding of the integrative function of cells,
organs, and organisms, with the ultimate goal of delivering truly
personalized medicine. At the same time, progress in modeling,
numerical techniques and haptics has enabled more complex and
interactive simulations. The 27 revised full papers (including 16
regular and 11 short papers) were carefully selected from 45
submissions and cover topics such as training systems and haptics,
physics-based registration, vascular modeling and simulation, image
and simulation, modeling, surgical planning, analysis,
characterization and validation.
In this text atlas of neuroimaging the author provides a review of
the pathologies and diseases that affect the head, brain, skull
base, face, spine, and cord. The case presentation format of this
handbook covers the important clinical and neuropathological
aspects of the disease process. The book contains 350 selected
pathologies, represented in 750 high resolution MR images. It also
covers the aspects of neurological disorders and the fundamental
aspects of the physics of magnetic resonance, spectroscopy, as well
as a review of MR techniques. Given its scope, this book is of
interest to radiologists involved in MR interpretation,
neuroradiologists seeking an up-to-date review, and all workers in
the field of diagnostic and therapeutic neurology.
To celebrate its 5th edition, the International Symposium on
Biomedical S- ulation (ISBMS) was organized in conjunction with the
International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH). IMSH is
the premier simulation in heal- care meeting and largestsingle
gathering of clinicians, educators, administrators and other
simulation stakeholders. This unique link-up aimed at bringing -
gether simulation users with those involved in its scienti?c and
technological developments in order to foster closer interaction.
The joint meeting was held in Phoenix, Arizona during January
23-24, 2010. Biomedical modeling and simulation are at the center
stage of worldwide e?orts to understand and replicate the behavior
and function of the human organism. The Physiome Project and
Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) i- tiative aim to develop
advanced computational models that will facilitate the
understanding of the integrative function of cells, organs, and
organisms, with the ultimate goal of delivering truly personalized
medicine. At the same time, progressinreal-timebiomedicalmodeling
andsimulationhasenabledmorec- plex, interactive simulations,
o?ering the possibility of highly sophisticated task trainers,
proceduralandpatientsimulatorsto supportmedicaltrainingandsafer
clinical practice. It is in this contextthat ISBMS seeks to act as
an international forum for researchers in this increasingly
important area to share their latest work, discuss future trends
and forge new collaboration
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Medical Simulation - International Symposium, ISMS 2004, Cambridge, MA, USA, June 17-18, 2004, Proceedings (Paperback, 2004 ed.)
Dimitris Metaxas, Stephane Cotin
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This book contains the written contributions to the International
Symposium on th Medical Simulation (ISMS'04) held in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, USA on June 17 th and June 18 , 2004. Manuscripts
are organized around five thematic sections relating to the
multidisciplinary field of Medical Simulation: Soft Tissue
Properties and Modeling, Haptic Rendering, Real-Time Deformable
Models, Anatomical Modeling, and Development Frameworks. The
objectives of the symposium are to gather researchers to present
their most recent, and promising work, to highlight research trends
and foster dialogue and debates among participants. Live
demonstrations are also included at the meeting, but cannot be
included in this volume. Finally, to address questions about areas
for improvement and future directions of the field, we organized a
panel of experts including technical, medical and educational
representatives. This event continues the successful symposium
organized by Herve Delingette and Nicholas Ayache, in France in
June 2003. At that meeting we agreed that it would be beneficial
for the community to have an annual gathering for the medical
simulation community where researchers can exchange ideas and share
their work in this emerging field. ISMS'04 is co-organized by CIMIT
/ Harvard Medical School and Rutgers University.
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Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2021 - 24th International Conference, Strasbourg, France, September 27-October 1, 2021, Proceedings, Part II (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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The eight-volume set LNCS 12901, 12902, 12903, 12904, 12905, 12906,
12907, and 12908 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th
International Conference on Medical Image Computing and
Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2021, held in Strasbourg,
France, in September/October 2021.*The 531 revised full papers
presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 1630
submissions in a double-blind review process. The papers are
organized in the following topical sections: Part I: image
segmentation Part II: machine learning - self-supervised learning;
machine learning - semi-supervised learning; and machine learning -
weakly supervised learning Part III: machine learning - advances in
machine learning theory; machine learning - attention models;
machine learning - domain adaptation; machine learning - federated
learning; machine learning - interpretability / explainability; and
machine learning - uncertainty Part IV: image registration;
image-guided interventions and surgery; surgical data science;
surgical planning and simulation; surgical skill and work flow
analysis; and surgical visualization and mixed, augmented and
virtual reality Part V: computer aided diagnosis; integration of
imaging with non-imaging biomarkers; and outcome/disease prediction
Part VI: image reconstruction; clinical applications - cardiac; and
clinical applications - vascular Part VII: clinical applications -
abdomen; clinical applications - breast; clinical applications -
dermatology; clinical applications - fetal imaging; clinical
applications - lung; clinical applications - neuroimaging - brain
development; clinical applications - neuroimaging - DWI and
tractography; clinical applications - neuroimaging - functional
brain networks; clinical applications - neuroimaging - others; and
clinical applications - oncology Part VIII: clinical applications -
ophthalmology; computational (integrative) pathology; modalities -
microscopy; modalities - histopathology; and modalities -
ultrasound *The conference was held virtually.
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Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2021 - 24th International Conference, Strasbourg, France, September 27 - October 1, 2021, Proceedings, Part VII (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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The eight-volume set LNCS 12901, 12902, 12903, 12904, 12905, 12906,
12907, and 12908 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th
International Conference on Medical Image Computing and
Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2021, held in Strasbourg,
France, in September/October 2021.*The 531 revised full papers
presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 1630
submissions in a double-blind review process. The papers are
organized in the following topical sections: Part I: image
segmentation Part II: machine learning - self-supervised learning;
machine learning - semi-supervised learning; and machine learning -
weakly supervised learning Part III: machine learning - advances in
machine learning theory; machine learning - attention models;
machine learning - domain adaptation; machine learning - federated
learning; machine learning - interpretability / explainability; and
machine learning - uncertainty Part IV: image registration;
image-guided interventions and surgery; surgical data science;
surgical planning and simulation; surgical skill and work flow
analysis; and surgical visualization and mixed, augmented and
virtual reality Part V: computer aided diagnosis; integration of
imaging with non-imaging biomarkers; and outcome/disease prediction
Part VI: image reconstruction; clinical applications - cardiac; and
clinical applications - vascular Part VII: clinical applications -
abdomen; clinical applications - breast; clinical applications -
dermatology; clinical applications - fetal imaging; clinical
applications - lung; clinical applications - neuroimaging - brain
development; clinical applications - neuroimaging - DWI and
tractography; clinical applications - neuroimaging - functional
brain networks; clinical applications - neuroimaging - others; and
clinical applications - oncology Part VIII: clinical applications -
ophthalmology; computational (integrative) pathology; modalities -
microscopy; modalities - histopathology; and modalities -
ultrasound *The conference was held virtually.
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Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2021 - 24th International Conference, Strasbourg, France, September 27-October 1, 2021, Proceedings, Part VI (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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The eight-volume set LNCS 12901, 12902, 12903, 12904, 12905, 12906,
12907, and 12908 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th
International Conference on Medical Image Computing and
Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2021, held in Strasbourg,
France, in September/October 2021.*The 531 revised full papers
presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 1630
submissions in a double-blind review process. The papers are
organized in the following topical sections: Part I: image
segmentation Part II: machine learning - self-supervised learning;
machine learning - semi-supervised learning; and machine learning -
weakly supervised learning Part III: machine learning - advances in
machine learning theory; machine learning - attention models;
machine learning - domain adaptation; machine learning - federated
learning; machine learning - interpretability / explainability; and
machine learning - uncertainty Part IV: image registration;
image-guided interventions and surgery; surgical data science;
surgical planning and simulation; surgical skill and work flow
analysis; and surgical visualization and mixed, augmented and
virtual reality Part V: computer aided diagnosis; integration of
imaging with non-imaging biomarkers; and outcome/disease prediction
Part VI: image reconstruction; clinical applications - cardiac; and
clinical applications - vascular Part VII: clinical applications -
abdomen; clinical applications - breast; clinical applications -
dermatology; clinical applications - fetal imaging; clinical
applications - lung; clinical applications - neuroimaging - brain
development; clinical applications - neuroimaging - DWI and
tractography; clinical applications - neuroimaging - functional
brain networks; clinical applications - neuroimaging - others; and
clinical applications - oncology Part VIII: clinical applications -
ophthalmology; computational (integrative) pathology; modalities -
microscopy; modalities - histopathology; and modalities -
ultrasound *The conference was held virtually.
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Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2021 - 24th International Conference, Strasbourg, France, September 27-October 1, 2021, Proceedings, Part I (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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The eight-volume set LNCS 12901, 12902, 12903, 12904, 12905, 12906,
12907, and 12908 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th
International Conference on Medical Image Computing and
Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2021, held in Strasbourg,
France, in September/October 2021.*The 531 revised full papers
presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 1630
submissions in a double-blind review process. The papers are
organized in the following topical sections: Part I: image
segmentation Part II: machine learning - self-supervised learning;
machine learning - semi-supervised learning; and machine learning -
weakly supervised learning Part III: machine learning - advances in
machine learning theory; machine learning - attention models;
machine learning - domain adaptation; machine learning - federated
learning; machine learning - interpretability / explainability; and
machine learning - uncertainty Part IV: image registration;
image-guided interventions and surgery; surgical data science;
surgical planning and simulation; surgical skill and work flow
analysis; and surgical visualization and mixed, augmented and
virtual reality Part V: computer aided diagnosis; integration of
imaging with non-imaging biomarkers; and outcome/disease prediction
Part VI: image reconstruction; clinical applications - cardiac; and
clinical applications - vascular Part VII: clinical applications -
abdomen; clinical applications - breast; clinical applications -
dermatology; clinical applications - fetal imaging; clinical
applications - lung; clinical applications - neuroimaging - brain
development; clinical applications - neuroimaging - DWI and
tractography; clinical applications - neuroimaging - functional
brain networks; clinical applications - neuroimaging - others; and
clinical applications - oncology Part VIII: clinical applications -
ophthalmology; computational (integrative) pathology; modalities -
microscopy; modalities - histopathology; and modalities -
ultrasound *The conference was held virtually.
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Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2021 - 24th International Conference, Strasbourg, France, September 27-October 1, 2021, Proceedings, Part IV (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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The eight-volume set LNCS 12901, 12902, 12903, 12904, 12905, 12906,
12907, and 12908 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th
International Conference on Medical Image Computing and
Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2021, held in Strasbourg,
France, in September/October 2021.*The 531 revised full papers
presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 1630
submissions in a double-blind review process. The papers are
organized in the following topical sections: Part I: image
segmentation Part II: machine learning - self-supervised learning;
machine learning - semi-supervised learning; and machine learning -
weakly supervised learning Part III: machine learning - advances in
machine learning theory; machine learning - attention models;
machine learning - domain adaptation; machine learning - federated
learning; machine learning - interpretability / explainability; and
machine learning - uncertainty Part IV: image registration;
image-guided interventions and surgery; surgical data science;
surgical planning and simulation; surgical skill and work flow
analysis; and surgical visualization and mixed, augmented and
virtual reality Part V: computer aided diagnosis; integration of
imaging with non-imaging biomarkers; and outcome/disease prediction
Part VI: image reconstruction; clinical applications - cardiac; and
clinical applications - vascular Part VII: clinical applications -
abdomen; clinical applications - breast; clinical applications -
dermatology; clinical applications - fetal imaging; clinical
applications - lung; clinical applications - neuroimaging - brain
development; clinical applications - neuroimaging - DWI and
tractography; clinical applications - neuroimaging - functional
brain networks; clinical applications - neuroimaging - others; and
clinical applications - oncology Part VIII: clinical applications -
ophthalmology; computational (integrative) pathology; modalities -
microscopy; modalities - histopathology; and modalities -
ultrasound *The conference was held virtually.
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Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2021 - 24th International Conference, Strasbourg, France, September 27 - October 1, 2021, Proceedings, Part V (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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The eight-volume set LNCS 12901, 12902, 12903, 12904, 12905, 12906,
12907, and 12908 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th
International Conference on Medical Image Computing and
Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2021, held in Strasbourg,
France, in September/October 2021.*The 531 revised full papers
presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 1630
submissions in a double-blind review process. The papers are
organized in the following topical sections: Part I: image
segmentation Part II: machine learning - self-supervised learning;
machine learning - semi-supervised learning; and machine learning -
weakly supervised learning Part III: machine learning - advances in
machine learning theory; machine learning - attention models;
machine learning - domain adaptation; machine learning - federated
learning; machine learning - interpretability / explainability; and
machine learning - uncertainty Part IV: image registration;
image-guided interventions and surgery; surgical data science;
surgical planning and simulation; surgical skill and work flow
analysis; and surgical visualization and mixed, augmented and
virtual reality Part V: computer aided diagnosis; integration of
imaging with non-imaging biomarkers; and outcome/disease prediction
Part VI: image reconstruction; clinical applications - cardiac; and
clinical applications - vascular Part VII: clinical applications -
abdomen; clinical applications - breast; clinical applications -
dermatology; clinical applications - fetal imaging; clinical
applications - lung; clinical applications - neuroimaging - brain
development; clinical applications - neuroimaging - DWI and
tractography; clinical applications - neuroimaging - functional
brain networks; clinical applications - neuroimaging - others; and
clinical applications - oncology Part VIII: clinical applications -
ophthalmology; computational (integrative) pathology; modalities -
microscopy; modalities - histopathology; and modalities -
ultrasound *The conference was held virtually.
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Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2021 - 24th International Conference, Strasbourg, France, September 27 - October 1, 2021, Proceedings, Part VIII (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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The eight-volume set LNCS 12901, 12902, 12903, 12904, 12905, 12906,
12907, and 12908 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th
International Conference on Medical Image Computing and
Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2021, held in Strasbourg,
France, in September/October 2021.*The 531 revised full papers
presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 1630
submissions in a double-blind review process. The papers are
organized in the following topical sections: Part I: image
segmentation Part II: machine learning - self-supervised learning;
machine learning - semi-supervised learning; and machine learning -
weakly supervised learning Part III: machine learning - advances in
machine learning theory; machine learning - attention models;
machine learning - domain adaptation; machine learning - federated
learning; machine learning - interpretability / explainability; and
machine learning - uncertainty Part IV: image registration;
image-guided interventions and surgery; surgical data science;
surgical planning and simulation; surgical skill and work flow
analysis; and surgical visualization and mixed, augmented and
virtual reality Part V: computer aided diagnosis; integration of
imaging with non-imaging biomarkers; and outcome/disease prediction
Part VI: image reconstruction; clinical applications - cardiac; and
clinical applications - vascular Part VII: clinical applications -
abdomen; clinical applications - breast; clinical applications -
dermatology; clinical applications - fetal imaging; clinical
applications - lung; clinical applications - neuroimaging - brain
development; clinical applications - neuroimaging - DWI and
tractography; clinical applications - neuroimaging - functional
brain networks; clinical applications - neuroimaging - others; and
clinical applications - oncology Part VIII: clinical applications -
ophthalmology; computational (integrative) pathology; modalities -
microscopy; modalities - histopathology; and modalities -
ultrasound *The conference was held virtually.
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Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2021 - 24th International Conference, Strasbourg, France, September 27-October 1, 2021, Proceedings, Part III (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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The eight-volume set LNCS 12901, 12902, 12903, 12904, 12905, 12906,
12907, and 12908 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th
International Conference on Medical Image Computing and
Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2021, held in Strasbourg,
France, in September/October 2021.*The 531 revised full papers
presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 1630
submissions in a double-blind review process. The papers are
organized in the following topical sections: Part I: image
segmentation Part II: machine learning - self-supervised learning;
machine learning - semi-supervised learning; and machine learning -
weakly supervised learning Part III: machine learning - advances in
machine learning theory; machine learning - attention models;
machine learning - domain adaptation; machine learning - federated
learning; machine learning - interpretability / explainability; and
machine learning - uncertainty Part IV: image registration;
image-guided interventions and surgery; surgical data science;
surgical planning and simulation; surgical skill and work flow
analysis; and surgical visualization and mixed, augmented and
virtual reality Part V: computer aided diagnosis; integration of
imaging with non-imaging biomarkers; and outcome/disease prediction
Part VI: image reconstruction; clinical applications - cardiac; and
clinical applications - vascular Part VII: clinical applications -
abdomen; clinical applications - breast; clinical applications -
dermatology; clinical applications - fetal imaging; clinical
applications - lung; clinical applications - neuroimaging - brain
development; clinical applications - neuroimaging - DWI and
tractography; clinical applications - neuroimaging - functional
brain networks; clinical applications - neuroimaging - others; and
clinical applications - oncology Part VIII: clinical applications -
ophthalmology; computational (integrative) pathology; modalities -
microscopy; modalities - histopathology; and modalities -
ultrasound *The conference was held virtually.
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Information Processing in Computer-Assisted Interventions - 4th International Conference, IPCAI 2013, Heidelberg, Germany, June 26, 2013. Proceedings (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Dean Barratt, Stephane Cotin, Gabor Fichtinger, Pierre Jannin, Nassir Navab
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International
Conference on Information Processing in Computer-Assisted
Interventions IPCAI 2013, held in Heidelberg, Germany, on June 26,
2013. The 11 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected
from 20 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections
on simulation, neurosurgical interventions, ultrasound guided
interventions, and image guided interventions.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
In Exiled Home, Susan Bibler Coutin recounts the experiences of
Salvadoran children who migrated with their families to the United
States during the 1980-1992 civil war. Because of their youth and
the violence they left behind, as well as their uncertain legal
status in the United States, many grew up with distant memories of
El Salvador and a profound sense of disjuncture in their adopted
homeland. Through interviews in both countries, Coutin examines how
they sought to understand and overcome the trauma of war and
displacement through such strategies as recording community
histories, advocating for undocumented immigrants, forging new
relationships with the Salvadoran state, and, for those deported
from the United States, reconstructing their lives in El Salvador.
In focusing on the case of Salvadoran youth, Coutin's nuanced
analysis shows how the violence associated with migration can be
countered through practices that recuperate historical memory while
also reclaiming national membership.
"Your son has learning difficulties." This, we were told when our
son, Robin, was 2 1/2 years old. The book describes our
experiences, good and bad, all through his childhood and into
adulthood. How his behaviour varied from his siblings', how friends
and family reacted. And about what we accomplished and where we
failed. The idea of writing this book was that it might be useful
for parents in the same situation we faced fifty years ago. We, my
wife, Jane, and I benefitted by meeting and learning from the
experiences of other parents. So, here it is. I sincerely hope it
will help you in some way in the tremendous task you may be facing.
The violence and economic devastation of the 1980 1992 civil war
in El Salvador drove as many as one million Salvadorans to enter
the United States, frequently without authorization. In Nations of
Emigrants, the legal anthropologist Susan Bibler Coutin analyzes
the case of emigration from El Salvador to the United States to
consider how current forms of migration challenge conventional
understandings of borders, citizenship, and migration itself.
Interviews with policymakers and activists in El Salvador and the
United States are juxtaposed with Salvadoran emigrants' accounts of
their journeys to the United States, their lives in this country,
and, in some cases, their removal to El Salvador. These interviews
and accounts illustrate the dilemmas that migration creates for
nation-states as well as the difficulties for individuals who must
live simultaneously within and outside the legal systems of two
countries.
During the 1980s, U.S. officials generally regarded these
migrants as economic immigrants who deserved to be deported, rather
than as political refugees who merited asylum. By the 1990s, these
Salvadorans were made eligible for legal permanent residency, at
least in part due to the lives that they had created in the United
States. Remarkably, this redefinition occurred during a period when
more restrictive immigration policies were being adopted by the
U.S. government. At the same time, Salvadorans in the United
States, who send relatives more than $3 billion in remittances
annually, have become a focus of policymaking in El Salvador and
are considered key to its future."
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