Sanctuary Everywhere – The Fugitive Sacred in the Sonoran Desert Sostaita

Duke University Press

Sanctuary EverywhereThe Fugitive Sacred in the Sonoran Desert\nAuthor(s): Barbara Andrea Sostaita\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9781478030607, 978-1478030607\nSynopsis\nIn Sanctuary Everywhere, Barbara Andrea Sostaita reimagines practices of sanctuary along the [url] border in order to explore the possibilities for radical fugitivity in the face of militarized border enforcement. After the 2016 presidential election, churches, universities, cities, and even states began declaring themselves sanctuaries. Sostaita proposes that these calls for expanded sanctuary are insufficient when dealing with the everyday workings of immigration enforcement. Through fieldwork in migrant clinics, shelters, and the Sonoran Desert, Sostaita demonstrates that, as a sacred practice, sanctuary cannot be fixed in any one destination or mandate. She turns to those working to create sanctuary on the move, from a deported nurse o.