Border Politics : : Social Movements, Collective Identities, and Globalization /

Border Politics : : Social Movements, Collective Identities, and Globalization / / ed. by Jennifer Bickham Mendez, Nancy A. Naples.

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In the current historical moment borders have taken on heightened material and symbolic significance, shaping identities and the social and political landscape. “Borders”—defined broadly to include territorial dividing lines as well as sociocultural boundaries—have become increasingly salient sites...

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MitwirkendeR:
Ayoub, Phillip M.,
Blumberg, Renata,
Braun, Yvonne A.,
Charania, Moon M.,
Dreiling, Michael C.,
Johnson, Jennifer L.,
Klein, Jesse,
Kurnik, Andrej,
Maddison, Sarah,
McDuie-Ra, Duncan,
Mendez, Jennifer Bickham,
Naples, Nancy A.,
Paternotte, David,
Razsa, Maple,
Rechitsky, Raphi,
Rogers, Kyle,
Rohlinger, Deana A.,
Sanidad, Cristina,
Sehgal, Meera,
Stamm, Tara M.,
Téllez, Michelle,
HerausgeberIn:
Mendez, Jennifer Bickham,
Naples, Nancy A.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Border Politics: Contests over Territory, Nation, Identity, and Belonging
  • Part I Gendered, Ethno-Nationalist Struggles and Militarization
  • 2. “Border Granny Wants You!”: Grandmothers Policing Nation at the US-Mexico Border
  • 3. Defending the Nation: Militarism, Women’s Empowerment, and the Hindu Right
  • 4. Borders, Territory, and Ethnicity: Women and the Naga Peace Process
  • 5. Imperial Gazes and Queer Politics: Re/Reading Female Political Subjectivity in Pakistan
  • Part II Politicized Identities and Belonging
  • 6. Indigenous Peoples and Colonial Borders: Sovereignty, Nationhood, Identity, and Activism
  • 7. Constricting Boundaries: Collective Identity in the Tea Party Movement
  • 8. Occupy Slovenia: How Migrant Movements Contributed to New Forms of Direct Democracy
  • 9. Challenging Borders, Imagining Europe: Transnational LGBT Activism in a New Europe
  • Part III Contested Solidarities and Emerging Sites of Struggle
  • 10. Frames, Boomerangs, and Global Assemblages: Border Distortions in the Global Resistance to Dam Building in Lesotho
  • 11. Networks, Place, and Barriers to Cross-Border Organizing: “No Border” Camping in Transcarpathia, Ukraine
  • 12. “Giving Wings to Our Dreams”: Binational Activism and Workers’ Rights Struggles in the San Diego–Tijuana Border Region
  • Conclusion
  • 13. Border Politics: Creating a Dialogue between Border Studies and Social Movements
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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