Cruelty as citizenship : how migrant suffering sustains white democracy /

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Why are immigrants from Mexico and Latin America such an affectively charged population for political conservatives? More than a decade before the election of Donald Trump, vitriolic and dehumanizing rhetoric against migrants was already part of the national conversation. Situating the contemporary...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beltrán, Cristina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]
Colección:Forerunners (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Temas:
Immigrants > Violence against > United States.
Hispanic Americans > Violence against.
White supremacy movements.
Américains d'origine latino-américaine > Violence envers.
Mouvements pour la suprématie blanche.
Emigration and immigration > Political aspects.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Political aspects.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Immigration, Latinos, and the Politics of the White Racial Imaginary
  • 1. Freedom on the Frontier: White Democracy and America's Revolutionary Spirit
  • 2. A Desire for Land but Not People: Herrenvolk Democracy and the Violent Legacies of the Mexican-American War
  • 3. Authorized Violence: Migrant Suffering and Participatory (White) Democracy
  • Conclusion: Migrant Futurity, Divided Whiteness, and the Authoritarian Turn
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author

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