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Brown Threat : Identification in the Security State /

What is "brown" in--and beyond--the context of American identity politics? How has the concept changed since 9/11? In the most sustained examination of these questions to date, Kumarini Silva argues that "brown" is no longer conceived of solely as a cultural, ethnic, or political...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Silva, Kumarini, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: America's move from identity to identification
  • What is brown? Theorizing race in everyday life
  • Un-American: surviving through patriotic performances
  • Expulsion and what is not: defining worthiness of American citizenship
  • Blackness in brown times: the medicalization of racism
  • Conclusion: wielding identity to organize warfare.