deported: chapter 7: back home: disposable labor and the impacts of deportation
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Chapter 7
Back Home:
Disposable Labor and the
Impacts of Deportation
Class Goals• Develop an understanding of how the
experiences of deportees vary across the four countries.
• Develop an understanding of how deportees’ reintegration experiences are connected to global capitalism.
Jamaica: Stigma, Emotional and Financial Hardship
Dominican deportees: Criminalization
Guatemala: Tattoos and Call Centers
• Tattooed deportees face stigma, danger, and harassment
• English-speaking deportees can get jobs in call centers
BrazilWhy is there no stigma attached to deportees in Brazil?
Do Brazilian deportees face obstacles?
Questions for Discussion
• What are some of the ways that Jamaican deportees experience gendered shame? How is this related to masculinity?
• Why are Dominican deportees officially stigmatized?• What are some of the unique obstacles Guatemalan
deportees with tattoos face? • How are the experiences of Brazilian deportees
different from those from other countries? Why?• What are some of the ways that the author
connects the deportees’ reintegration experiences to global capitalism?
Class Goals: RECAP• Develop an understanding of how the
experiences of deportees vary across the four countries.
• Develop an understanding of how deportees’ reintegration experiences are connected to global capitalism.