Containing (un)American bodies : race, sexuality, and post-9/11 contructions of citizenship / / Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo and Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo.
"The authors argue that queer, black, brown, and foreign bodies, and the so-called threats they represent, such as immigration reform and same-sex marriage, have been effectively linked with terrorism. These awful conflations are enduring and help to explain the contradictions of contemporary U...
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| Superior document: | Value inquiry book series. Philosophy of peace ; v. 219 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Value inquiry book series. Philosophy of peace ;
v. 219. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (129 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | "The authors argue that queer, black, brown, and foreign bodies, and the so-called threats they represent, such as immigration reform and same-sex marriage, have been effectively linked with terrorism. These awful conflations are enduring and help to explain the contradictions of contemporary U.S. politics. We are far from a post post-9/11 world." Ronald R. Sundstrom, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, The University of San Francisco, United States"If you want to understand how a new biopolitics of citizenship is containing bodies of the nation by re-inscribing sex and race into it and how this new biopolitics is being resisted you must read this book." Engin F. Isin, Professor, Department of Politics and International Studies, The Open University, UK. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [99]-109) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1282662759 9786612662751 9042030259 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo and Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo. |