{"podcast":{"title":"New Books in Anthropology","slug":"new-books-in-anthropology-901932","podcast_index_feed_id":901932,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LIT5223487889","website_url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c4c2fb9a-effd-11e8-b747-3397cd40d5ab/image/15368bdb812ba6d54c395a6f26d57913.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":1000,"summary":"This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-anthropology-901932"},"episode":{"title":"Arely M. Zimmerman, \"Contentious Citizenship: Salvadoran Activism and Belonging Across Borders\" (U Arizona Press, 2026)","slug":"arely-m-zimmerman-contentious-citizenship-salvadoran-activism-and-belonging-across-borders-u-arizona-press-2026","published_at":"2026-05-03T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-anthropology-901932/arely-m-zimmerman-contentious-citizenship-salvadoran-activism-and-belonging-across-borders-u-arizona-press-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-anthropology-901932","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK6675643942.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK6675643942.mp3","summary":"Contentious Citizenship: Salvadoran Activism and Belonging Across Borders (U Arizona Press, 2026) reshapes how we understand belonging, identity, and political participation in the context of migration. Drawing on decades of Salvadoran activism from the 1980s solidarity movement to the post–civil war era, Arely M. Zimmerman offers a powerful ethnographic account of how migrants challenge exclusionary state practices and redefine citizenship on their own terms using transnational networks and revolutionary politics that transcend borders.Drawing on nearly fifty interviews with activists who fled El Salvador, Zimmerman traces how political refugees carried with them strategies of resistance and community organizing that shaped social justice movements in the United States. The book addresses the political turmoil and grassroots mobilizations in El Salvador, the sanctuary movement of the 1980s, contemporary activism, and the impact of women’s strategies and forms of resistance.Essential reading for scholars and students of migration, Central American studies, and political movements, Contentious Citizenship is a bold intervention into contemporary debates on identity, legality, and resistance. Zimmerman’s work honors the ingenuity and resilience of Salvadoran activists and invites readers to consider what it means to belong. This interview was conducted by Mary Reynolds, publicity manager for the University of Arizona Press. Her book, The Quake That Drained the Desert (forthcoming in 2026) investigates the 1887 borderlands earthquake that changed surface water and groundwater in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology","meta_description":"Contentious Citizenship: Salvadoran Activism and Belonging Across Borders (U Arizona Press, 2026) reshapes how we understand belonging, identity, and po…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1404,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-anthropology-901932/episodes/arely-m-zimmerman-contentious-citizenship-salvadoran-activism-and-belonging-across-borders-u-arizona-press-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-anthropology-901932/arely-m-zimmerman-contentious-citizenship-salvadoran-activism-and-belonging-across-borders-u-arizona-press-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}