Containing (un)American bodies : race, sexuality, and post-9/11 constructions of citizenship /
"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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التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني
اللغة: English
منشور في:
Amsterdam ; New York :
Rodopi,
2010.
سلاسل:
Value Inquiry Book Series
219.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.
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الوسوم: إضافة وسم
رقم الطلب: JC312 .B56 2010eb
| الملخص: | "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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| وصف مادي: | 1 online resource (xiv, 120 pages) |
| بيبلوغرافيا: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-109) and index. |
| ردمك: | 9789042030251 |
| وصول: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |