Abstract
Washington: January 25th, 2017. Newly elected US President Donald Trump signs an executive order aiming at the construction of the so often announced 3200-km-long wall along the Mexican border, adding to the existing hundreds of kilometres of material barriers already in place. Trump declares that ‘a nation without borders is not a nation. Beginning today, the United States of America gets back control of its borders, gets back its borders’ (D. Smith 2017).
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Urban Walls |
| Subtitle of host publication | Political and Cultural Meanings of Vertical Structures and Surfaces |
| Editors | Andrea Mubi Brighenti, Mattias Kärrholm |
| Place of Publication | London/New York |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 4 |
| Pages | 79-93 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780203730225 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138304338 |
| Publication status | Published - 23 Aug 2018 |