The Materiality of the State of Exception

Components of the Experience of Deportation from the United States

Authors

  • Agnieszka Radziwinowiczówna University of Warsaw

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jca.31845

Keywords:

deportation, power, Mexico, undocumented migration, biopower, state of exception, bare life

Author Biography

  • Agnieszka Radziwinowiczówna, University of Warsaw

    Agnieszka Radziwinowiczówna has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Warsaw, and she is a Research Assistant on the project “Unfinished Migration Transition and Ageing Population in Poland.” Address for correspondence: Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2b, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.

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Published

2017-07-12

Issue

Section

Extended Forum

How to Cite

Radziwinowiczówna, A. (2017). The Materiality of the State of Exception: Components of the Experience of Deportation from the United States. Journal of Contemporary Archaeology, 3(2), S1-S7. https://doi.org/10.1558/jca.31845