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 /

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Author / Creator:	Bloodsworth-Lugo, Mary K.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 120 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Value inquiry book series ; 219 Studies in philosophy of peace Value inquiry book series ; 219. Value inquiry book series. Philosophy of peace.
Subject:	Minorities -- United States. Nationalism -- United States. Minorities. Nationalism. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11226789

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Other authors / contributors:	Lugo-Lugo, Carmen R.
ISBN:	9789042030251 9042030259 9789042030244 9042030240
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-109) and index. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Containing (un)American bodies. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2010 9789042030244
Standard no.:	9786612662751

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Summary:	OC 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 conflationsOC are enduring and help to explain the contradictions of contemporary U.S. politics. We are far from a post post-9/11 world.OCO Ronald R. Sundstrom, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, The University of San Francisco, United StatesOC 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.OCO Engin F. Isin, Professor, Department of Politics and International Studies, The Open University, United Kingdom"
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 120 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-109) and index.
ISBN:	9789042030251 9042030259 9789042030244 9042030240