{"product_id":"a-story-to-save-your-sarah-c-bishop-9780231204095","title":"A Story to Save Your Life: Communication and Culture in Migrants' Search for Asylum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, 2023 OHA Book Award, Oral History Association\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young woman flees violence in Mexico and seeks protection in the United States--only to be trafficked as a domestic worker in the Bronx. A decorated immigration judge leaves his post when the policies he proudly upheld capsize in the wake of political turmoil. A Gambian translator who was granted asylum herself talks with other African women about how immigration officers expect victims of torture to behave. A border patrol officer begins to question the training that instructs him to treat the children he finds in the Arizona desert like criminals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough these and other powerful firsthand accounts, \u003ci\u003eA Story to Save Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e offers new insight into the harrowing realities of seeking protection in the United States. Sarah C. Bishop argues that cultural differences in communication shape every stage of the asylum process, playing a major but unexamined role. Migrants fleeing persecution must reconstruct the details of their lives so governmental authorities can determine whether their experiences justify protection. However, Bishop shows, many factors influence whether an applicant is perceived as credible, from the effects of trauma on the ability to recount an experience chronologically to culturally rooted nonverbal behaviors and displays of emotion. For asylum seekers, harnessing the power of autobiographical storytelling can mean the difference between life and death.\u003ci\u003e A Story to Save Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e emphasizes how memory, communication, and culture intertwine in migrants' search for safety.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Bishop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231204094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231204095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.90h x 8.80w x 0.70d","brand":"Sarah Bishop","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056697471231,"sku":"9780231204095","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2cf10d5b-5582-4d8d-b9ac-d8faff03f0cd.jpg?v=1685042757","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-story-to-save-your-sarah-c-bishop-9780231204095","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}