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The Fixer
Visa Lottery Chronicles
Taschenbuch von Charles Piot
Sprache: Englisch

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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.
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.
Über den Autor
Charles Piot is Professor of Cultural Anthropology and African and African American Studies at Duke University; editor of Doing Development in West Africa: A Reader by and for Undergraduates, also published by Duke University Press; and author of Nostalgia for the Future: West Africa after the Cold War.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 224
ISBN-13: 9781478003045
ISBN-10: 1478003049
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Piot, Charles
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Charles Piot
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.06.2019
Gewicht: 0,371 kg
preigu-id: 114252128
Über den Autor
Charles Piot is Professor of Cultural Anthropology and African and African American Studies at Duke University; editor of Doing Development in West Africa: A Reader by and for Undergraduates, also published by Duke University Press; and author of Nostalgia for the Future: West Africa after the Cold War.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 224
ISBN-13: 9781478003045
ISBN-10: 1478003049
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Piot, Charles
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Charles Piot
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.06.2019
Gewicht: 0,371 kg
preigu-id: 114252128
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