Clean fake: Authenticating documents and persons in migrant Moscow

What does it mean for Kyrgyzstani migrant workers in contemporary Russia to be legally legible to the state when informal agencies market fictive residency documents and "clean fake" work permits? Examining the uncertainty around being authentically documented provides insight into a mode...

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Published in:	American ethnologist Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 508 - 524
Main Author:	REEVES, MADELEINE
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC Wiley Subscription Services 01.08.2013 Hoboken, NJ Wiley American Ethnological Society Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Ambiguity Authentication protocols Border regions Deportation Documents Ethnicity Ethnology False identification Governance Human ecology, environment Human settlements Identification documents illegalization irregular migration Kyrgyzstan Legitimacy Migrant workers Migrants Migrations Morphological source materials Moscow Noncitizens Physical anthropology, ethnobiology Russia suspicion Uncertainty Urban areas Asia Eastern Europe Moscow Kyrgyzstan Russia Moscow Russia irregular migration Kirghiz illegalization Suspicion documents Authentication Document Undocumented migration Moscow Kyrgyzstan
ISSN:	0094-0496, 1548-1425
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