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Selected Works of Adam Hodges
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What to Call US Border Detention Centers?
Anthropology News (2019)
  • Adam Hodges
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Abstract
The controversy over the term “concentration camps” stems from the connotations it carries, setting up analogies that risk hyperbole and overlook the complexities of historical comparison.
Keywords
  • detention centers,
  • concentration camps,
  • analogy,
  • metaphor,
  • immigration,
  • demagoguery,
  • language and politics,
  • linguistic anthropology,
  • sociolinguistics,
  • anthropology,
  • Donald Trump
Disciplines
Publication Date
August 5, 2019
DOI
10.1111/AN.1234
Publisher Statement
Copyright 2019 American Anthropological Association
Citation Information
Adam Hodges. "What to Call US Border Detention Centers?" Anthropology News (2019)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/adamhodges/102/