Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments viii
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I Historical Border Crossing: National, Ethnic, and Theoretical
7. Chapter 1 American Indians and US-Canada Transborder Migration Opportunity and Refuge 19
8. Chapter 2 Warped Mirrors Shifting Representations and Asymmetrical Constructs on the Border(s) of the American Southwest 37
9. Chapter 3 “Dare to Dance Your Own Dance” Transgressing Aesthetic Borders in Early Twentieth-Century American Theatrical Dance 57
10. Chapter 4 Border Work The Migration of Los Angeles Japanese Americans from the Manzanar Relocation Center to Father Flanagan’s Boys Town during World War II 77
11. Chapter 5 From Geographic to Virtual Borders in New York City From Little Italy to Chinatown 96
12. PART II Permeability in Border and Migration Policy
13. Chapter 6 Realizing Government Ambitions Policing Insiders and Outsiders 117
14. Chapter 7 Detention for Deterrence? The Strategic Role of Private Facilities and Offshore Resources in US Migration Management 136
15. PART III National Borders, Liminal Spaces, and Permeation
16. Chapter 8 Douglas, Arizona, and Agua Prieta, Sonora Cross-Border Relationships and Security Issues 159
17. Chapter 9 (Dis)Continuities of the Border Spectacle An Analysis of a Binational Park in San Diego, California 177
18. Chapter 10 A Durable Permeation Imagination, Motion, and Differentiation at the Border between Canada and the United States 194
19. Afterword: Permeability and the Making and Unmaking of Borders 213
20. Index 220