Containing (un)American bodies : race, sexuality, and post-9/11 constructions of citizenship /

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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Main Author: Bloodsworth-Lugo, Mary K.

Other Authors: Lugo-Lugo, Carmen R.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2010.

Series: Value Inquiry Book Series 219.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

Subjects:

Minorities > United States.
Nationalism > United States.
Minorities.
Nationalism.
United States.

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Call Number: JC312 .B56 2010eb

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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.