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"In the Shadow of Liberty": Book Talk on U.S. Immigrant Detention w/ A R Minian, Stanford

City Lights Bookstore
261 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94133

Or join via Zoom: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ana-raquel-minian-ticke...
Date:
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Time:
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
Organizer/Author:
City Lights Bookstore
Location Details:
City Lights Bookstore
261 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94133

Or join via Zoom: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ana-raquel-minian-tickets-776925122957

Join City Lights Books for a conversation with Ana Raquel Minian as she discusses her new book
"In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States"
(Published by Viking).

Thursday, April 18, 2024, 7:00 pm PST at City Lights Bookstore

This is a hybrid event:

In person: City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco

Online: register on Eventbrite to join via Zoom

More info here: https://citylights.com/events/ana-raquel-minian/


"In the Shadow of Liberty: The Invisible History of Immigrant Detention in the United States" is aprobing work of narrative history that reveals the hidden story of immigrant detention in the United States, deepening urgent national conversations around migration.

In 2018, many Americans watched in horror as children were torn from their parents at the US-Mexico border under Trump’s “family separation” policy. But as historian Ana Raquel Minian reveals in In the Shadow of Liberty, this was only the latest chapter in a saga tracing back to the 1800s—one in which immigrants to the United States have been held without recourse to their constitutional rights. Braiding together the vivid stories of four migrants seeking to escape the turmoil of their homelands for the promise of America, In the Shadow of Liberty gives this history a human face, telling the dramatic story of a Central American asylum seeker, a Cuban exile, a European war bride, and a Chinese refugee.

As we travel alongside these indelible characters, In the Shadow of Liberty explores how sites of rightlessness have evolved, and what their existence has meant for our body politic. Though these “black sites” exist out of view for the average American, their reach extends into all of our lives: the explosive growth of the for-profit prison industry traces its origins to the immigrant detention system, as does the emergence of Guantanamo and the gradual unraveling of the right to bail and the presumption of innocence. Through these narratives, we see how the changing political climate surrounding immigration has played out in individual lives, and at what cost. But as these stories demonstrate, it doesn’t have to be like this, and a better way might be possible.

Ana Raquel Minian is a professor of history at Stanford University and the author of the award-winning book Undocumented Lives, published by Harvard University Press in 2018. A recipient of the prestigious Andrew Carnegie fellowship, their writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Foreign Affairs, among other outlets. Originally from Mexico City, they now live with their partner in the Bay Area.

This event is made possible by the support of the City Lights Foundation
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