Grandmothers on Guard : Gender, Aging, and the Minutemen at the US-Mexico Border /

For about a decade, one of the most influential forces in US anti-immigrant politics was the Minuteman Project. The armed volunteers made headlines patrolling the southern border. What drove their ethno-nationalist politics? Jennifer L. Johnson spent hundreds of hours observing and interviewing Minu...

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Autor principal: Johnson, Jennifer (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2022]
Temas:
Grandmothers > Political activity > Mexican-American Border Region.
Minuteman Project.
Vigilantes > Mexican-American Border Region.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
conservative women's groups, conservative women's history, US Mexico Border, Gender Studies, Minutemen, border security, vigilantism, anti-immigration, white supremacy in America, border studies, vigilante group.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Border Politics and Invisible Women
  • Chapter 1. Granny Brigades and Political Spectacle at the US-Mexico Border
  • Chapter 2. Doing Old Womanhood at the Edge of the Nation-State
  • Chapter 3. Grandma Grizzlies to the Rescue of Family and Nation
  • Chapter 4. Misogyny Minuteman-Style and Women Tough Enough to Take It
  • Chapter 5. Bringing the Border Back Home
  • Conclusion. From Republican Motherhood to Patriotic Grandmotherhood
  • Appendix. Walking the Line
  • References
  • Index

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