Witnessing Trauma and Deconstructing Healing on the United States-Mexico Border
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to research the emotional effect of undocumented immigration
on humanitarian aid works within the organization, No More Deaths. No More Deaths
is a service organization that focuses on providing direct aid (food, water, and immediate
medical aid) to undocumented migrants on the Arizona-Sonora border. This thesis hopes
to examine the emotional conflicts, strains, and ways of managing stress that arise
when United States citizens realize that an imaginary line dictates their social relationships.
As a result of this line, the border has become a violent landscape at which the first
world intersects with the developing world, where the privileged are confronted by
their own ignorance.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/2256Citation
Zhang, Pao San Lucy (2010). Witnessing Trauma and Deconstructing Healing on the United States-Mexico Border. Honors thesis, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/2256.Collections
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