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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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • G. W. BUSH ADMINISTRATION NARRATIVES OF THREAT AND CONTAINMENT
  • SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AS “DOMESTIC TERRORISM”
  • BODIES THAT RESISTED CONTAINMENT
  • THE MERGER OF IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
  • CONSTRUCTIONS OF THREAT AND THE BARACK OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
  • THREATENING BODIES IN THE AGE OF OBAMA
  • CONCLUSION
  • WORKS CITED
  • ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  • INDEX
  • VIBS.