This review surveys anthropological and other social research on bureaucratic documents.
The fundamental insight of this literature is that documents are not simply instruments of …

Among the world's hotly contested, obsessively controlled, and often dangerous borders,
none is deadlier than the Mediterranean Sea. Since 2000, at least 25,000 people have lost …

Since the global financial crisis of 2008, Greece has shouldered a heavy burden struggling
with internal political and financial insecurity as well as hosting enormous numbers of …

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Powerful and poignant, this important study in legal anthropology traces the twists and turns
of Salvadoran migrants' relationship to the United States over the last twenty years as they …

El Salvador's civil war, which left at least 75,000 people dead and displaced more than a
million, ended in 1992. The accord between the government and the Farabundo Martí …

Through an ethnography of unauthorized migration from El Salvador to the United States, I
explore “clandestinity” as a hidden, yet known, dimension of social reality. Unauthorized …

What is semi-legality, and why does it offer a viable alternative to the legality–illegality binary
divide? Semi-legality, as a heuristic device, is useful to frame the various “in-between” …

Some anthropological examinations of documents have emphasized their role as regulatory
technologies that enact control and legibility over both citizens and “aliens.” This article …

Returned follows transnational Mexicans as they experience the alienation and
unpredictability of deportation, tracing the particular ways that US immigration policies and …