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Journal of the Southwest articles from September 2008
This journal publishes articles, essays and reviews regarding the Greater Southwest history, folklore, politics, borderland studies, anthropology, and more.
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Journal of the Southwest archives from September 2008
Walls and fences: perspectives from universities and museums.
September 22, 2008... Walls and fences and other barriers are always and everywhere. They were then, and they are now. They are there, and they are here. And barriers come in almost infinite varieties, including age-old socio-psychological modes and newfound virtual...
Fences and between fences: cultural, historical, and Smithsonian perspectives.(Essay)
September 22, 2008... Along with a few Shakespearean gems, the commentary on fences from Robert Frost's "Mending Wall" may be the best-known poetic icon in contemporary American culture. As Frost and his neighbor mend their common wall in a New England spring...
Border conflict, border fences, and the "Tortilla Curtain" incident of 1978-1979.
September 22, 2008... The current debate in the United States over proposals to build an impenetrable barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border for security reasons and to stop undocumented immigration is the latest chapter in a long history of many initiatives to erect...
La pared que habla: a photo essay about art and graffiti at the border fence in Nogales, Sonora.(Cover story)(Essay)
September 22, 2008... Despite being visible across a wide expanse of desert, for many newcomers to border country the steel fence that separates the United States from Mexico is an apparition--an unsightly phenomenon sprung up from the earth without warning. But...
Constructing a virtual wall: race and citizenship in U.S.-Mexico border policing.
September 22, 2008... The U.S.-Mexico border wall is not just physical--it is also virtual. Virtual in this instance has two meanings, one narrower and one broader. More narrowly, the virtual wall involves applying advanced surveillance and computer technologies to...
The policy of border fencing between the United States and Mexico: permeability and shifting functions.
September 22, 2008... In the late 1990s those who knew of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge (CPNWR) considered it a treasure: an area of pristine desert in southwestern Arizona. Over the following ten years the refuge has sustained some of the most extensive...