Story to Save Your Life - Communication and Culture in Migrants'' Search for Asylum

Through powerful firsthand accounts, A Story to Save Your Life offers new insight into the harrowing realities of seeking protection in the United States. Sarah C. Bishop argues that cultural differences in communication shape every stage of the asylum process, playing a major but unexamined role.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Note on the Cover Art
1. Halted Expectations
In Their Own Words: Josh Childress, Former U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent
2. Long Stories Short
In Their Own Words: Alina Das, Immigration Attorney
3. Emotional Labor
In Their Own Words: Ethan Taubes, Asylum Officer Trainer
4. Nonverbal Communication and Credibility
In Their Own Words: Dr. Renée Sicalides, Psychologist
5. Deterring Asylum
In Their Own Words: Jeffery Chase, Former Immigration Judge
6. The Return
In Their Own Words: Rafael, Detained Asylum Seeker
Postscript
Appendix: Methods and Trauma-Informed Research Design
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Sarah C. Bishop is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Baruch College, City University of New York. She is on the board of directors of Mixteca Organization, a nonprofit that supports immigrant communities in Brooklyn, and she serves as an expert witness in U.S. asylum hearings. She is the author of Undocumented Storytellers: Narrating the Immigrant Rights Movement (2019) and U.S. Media and Migration: Refugee Oral Histories (2016).

Summary

Through powerful firsthand accounts, A Story to Save Your Life offers new insight into the harrowing realities of seeking protection in the United States. Sarah C. Bishop argues that cultural differences in communication shape every stage of the asylum process, playing a major but unexamined role.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Bishop
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.08.2022
• EAN: 9780231204095
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20409-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, political science; social science