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Claudia Garcia crossed the border because her toddler, Natalia,
could not hear. Leaving behind everything she knew in Mexico,
Claudia recounts the terror of migrating alone with her toddler and
the incredible challenges she faced advocating for her daughter's
health in the United States. When she arrived in Texas, Claudia
discovered that being undocumented would mean more than just an
immigration status-it would be a way of living, of mothering, and
of being discarded by even those institutions we count on to care.
Elizabeth Farfan-Santos spent five years with Claudia. As she
listened to Claudia's experiences, she recalled her own mother's
story, another life molded by migration, the US-Mexico border, and
the quest for a healthy future on either side. Witnessing Claudia's
struggles with doctors and teachers, we see how the education and
medical systems enforce undocumented status and perpetuate
disability. At one point, in the midst of advocating for her
daughter, Claudia suddenly finds herself struck by debilitating
pain. Claudia is lifted up by her comadres, sent to the doctor, and
reminded why she must care for herself. A braided narrative that
speaks to the power of stories for creating connection, this book
reveals what remains undocumented in the motherhood of Mexican
women who find themselves making impossible decisions and multiple
sacrifices as they build a future for their families.
Claudia Garcia crossed the border because her toddler, Natalia,
could not hear. Leaving behind everything she knew in Mexico,
Claudia recounts the terror of migrating alone with her toddler and
the incredible challenges she faced advocating for her daughter's
health in the United States. When she arrived in Texas, Claudia
discovered that being undocumented would mean more than just an
immigration status--it would be a way of living, of mothering, and
of being discarded by even those institutions we count on to care.
Elizabeth Farfan-Santos spent five years with Claudia. As she
listened to Claudia's experiences, she recalled her own mother's
story, another life molded by migration, the US-Mexico border, and
the quest for a healthy future on either side. Witnessing Claudia's
struggles with doctors and teachers, we see how the education and
medical systems enforce undocumented status and perpetuate
disability. At one point, in the midst of advocating for her
daughter, Claudia suddenly finds herself struck by debilitating
pain. Claudia is lifted up by her comadres, sent to the doctor, and
reminded why she must care for herself. A braided narrative that
speaks to the power of stories for creating connection, this book
reveals what remains undocumented in the motherhood of Mexican
women who find themselves making impossible decisions and multiple
sacrifices as they build a future for their families.
Under a provision in the Brazilian constitution, rural black
communities identified as the modern descendants of
quilombos-runaway slave communities-are promised land rights as a
form of reparations for the historic exclusion of blacks from land
ownership. The quilombo provision has been hailed as a success for
black rights; however, rights for quilombolas are highly
controversial and, in many cases, have led to violent land
conflicts. Although thousands of rural black communities have been
legally recognized, only a handful have received the rights they
were promised. Conflict over quilombola rights is widespread and
carries important consequences for race relations and political
representations of blackness in twenty-first century Brazil.
Drawing on a year of field research in a quilombola community,
Elizabeth Farfan-Santos explores how quilombo recognition has
significantly affected the everyday lives of those who experience
the often-complicated political process. Questions of identity,
race, and entitlement play out against a community's struggle to
prove its historical authenticity-and to gain the land and rights
they need to survive. This work not only demonstrates the lived
experience of a new, particular form of blackness in Brazil, but
also shows how blackness is being mobilized and reimagined to gain
social rights and political recognition. Black Bodies, Black Rights
thus represents an important contribution to the rapidly growing
interdisciplinary field of Afro-Latino studies.
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