The Fixer: Visa Lottery Chronicles (Theory in Forms), Piot, Charles,

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9781478003045
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Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-10
1478003049
ISBN-13
9781478003045
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9038367078

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Fixer : Visa Lottery Chronicles
Publication Year
2019
Subject
Africa / West, Emigration & Immigration, Black Studies (Global), Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law, Social Science, History
Author
Charles Piot
Series
Theory in Forms Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2018-047216
Reviews
Scholars of Africa will appreciate how Piot combines his deep regional knowledge of Togo and his ethnographic expertise to highlight the larger global forces that shape the lives of migrant-refugees., Extremely well written, The Fixer is a must-read for those striving for a more equitable world: their advocacy efforts around global mobility and migration cannot be understood divorced from global inequalities. The Fixer would be a great read for general readers, migration experts, policymakers, folks involved in advocacy for immigrants and displaced people, and students of immigration and transnational studies, as well as in courses on the challenges and ethics of ethnographic field research. Just a gentle warning -- once you start the book, it is hard to put down., The Fixer demonstrates how skillful ethnography can help us better grasp the current political, economic, and cultural dynamics of migration as impacted by understandings of kinship, legitimacy, and local improvisation., "Extremely well written, The Fixer is a must-read for those striving for a more equitable world: their advocacy efforts around global mobility and migration cannot be understood divorced from global inequalities. The Fixer would be a great read for general readers, migration experts, policymakers, folks involved in advocacy for immigrants and displaced people, and students of immigration and transnational studies, as well as in courses on the challenges and ethics of ethnographic field research. Just a gentle warning -- once you start the book, it is hard to put down." -- Faranak Miraftab International Migration Review "Scholars of Africa will appreciate how Piot combines his deep regional knowledge of Togo and his ethnographic expertise to highlight the larger global forces that shape the lives of migrant-refugees." -- Marius Kothor African Studies Review " The Fixer demonstrates how skillful ethnography can help us better grasp the current political, economic, and cultural dynamics of migration as impacted by understandings of kinship, legitimacy, and local improvisation." -- Dubie Toa-Kwapong Transforming Anthropology "While the key theoretical interventions of the book are spelt out in the introduction, the rest of the book is written in clear prose accessible to academic and non-academic audiences. The book makes a fine contribution to migration studies, economic and legal anthropology, African studies, and US studies; it would be a great case study for graduate and undergraduate courses in these fields." -- Smoki Musaraj Anthropological Notebooks, While the key theoretical interventions of the book are spelt out in the introduction, the rest of the book is written in clear prose accessible to academic and non-academic audiences. The book makes a fine contribution to migration studies, economic and legal anthropology, African studies, and US studies; it would be a great case study for graduate and undergraduate courses in these fields.
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The
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Yes
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments ix Introduction. Business of Dreams 1 1. Border Practice 27 2. The Interview 45 3. Kinship by Other Means 63 4. Trading Futures 85 5. Embassy Indiscretions 109 6. Protest 124 7. Prison 134 8. America, Here We Come 148 9. Lomé 2018 171 Notes 179 Bibliography 195 Index 207
Synopsis
Charles Piot follows a visa broker--known as a "fixer"--in the West African nation of Togo as he helps his clients apply for the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery program., In the West African nation of Togo, applying for the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery is a national obsession, with hundreds of thousands of Togolese entering each year. From the street frenzy of the lottery sign-up period and the scramble to raise money for the embassy interview to the gamesmanship of those adding spouses and dependents to their dossiers, the application process is complicated, expensive, and unpredictable. In The Fixer Charles Piot follows Kodjo Nicolas Batema, a Togolese visa broker--known as a "fixer"--as he shepherds his clients through the application and interview process. Relaying the experiences of the fixer, his clients, and embassy officials, Piot captures the ever-evolving cat-and-mouse game between the embassy and the hopeful Togolese as well as the disappointments and successes of lottery winners in the United States. These detailed and compelling stories uniquely illustrate the desire and savviness of migrants as they work to find what they hope will be a better life.
LC Classification Number
DT16

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