Date of Award
2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Social Sciences
First Advisor
Hernandez, Sarah
Area of Concentration
Social Sciences
Abstract
This thesis explores how people who have been deported to Mexico experience and confront state-sanctioned family separation. From a content analysis of 23 interviews in the Humanizing Deportation public access community story telling archive, three key themes emerge: mixed-status families are denied equal access to family unity, attempts and considerations of re-entry post-deportation are affirmations of the value of family unity, and experiences in detention illustrate the dehumanizing experience of family separation. Theories of coloniality, human rights, and state control over reproduction provide ethical and long-term historical lenses that elucidate the experience of deportation and family separation. The content analysis also demonstrates how these individuals affirm their parenthood, family roles and unity, and reproductive rights; henceforth asserting their humanity.
Recommended Citation
Pertierra, Olivia, "“Somos Seres Humanos. Merecemos Vivir Dignamente”: Coloniality and Human Rights in the Face of Family Separation" (2020). Theses & ETDs. 5979.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/5979