Threshold
Book description
"Jusionyte explores the sister towns bisected by the border from many angles in this illuminating and poignant exploration of a place and situation that are little discussed yet have significant implications for larger political discourse."-Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review
Emergency responders on the US-Mexico border operate at the edges of two…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Threshold as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book is engrossing. Because of its fascinating setting, it is unique among the new wave of sociological or anthropological books on paramedic work. Jusionyte has written a remarkable ethnography about paramedics and EMTs working in the US-Mexico borderlands.
While much of the details of ambulance work are familiar, this setting is novel, alien, and disturbing. The book is a powerful critique of the militarization of borders and why this is detrimental, divisive, and degrading. Jusionyte writes with great style and panache; it’s a gripping story crafted in a polemical but persuasive fashion.
I learned a great deal about how…
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