Seeing Like a Smuggler: Borders from Below

by Shahram Khosravi and Mahmoud Keshavarz

Book Overview

The word smuggler often unleashes a simplified, negative image painted by the media and the authorities. Such state-centric perspectives hide many social, political, and economic relations generated by smuggling. This book looks at the practice through the eyes of the smugglers, revealing how their work can be productive, subversive, and deeply sociopolitical. By tracing the illegalized movement of people and goods across borders, Seeing Like a Smuggler...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745341608
• ISBN13: 9780745341606
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"