Nomadic Identities : The Performance Of Citizenship /

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In a modern world of vast migrations and relocations, the rights--and rites--of citizenship are increasingly perplexing, and ever more important. Kung Fu cinema, soul music, plays, and speeches are some of the media May Joseph considers as expressive negotiations for legal and cultural citizenship.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Joseph, May
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1999.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Political participation.
Minorities > Political activity.
Immigrants > Political activity.
Ethnic groups > Political activity.
Citizenship.
PERFORMING ARTS > General.
Participation politique.
Minorites > Activite politique.
Groupes ethniques > Activite politique.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; 1 The Performance of Citizenship; 2 Citizen Nyerere; 3 Ujamaa and Soul; 4 Kung Fu Cinema and Frugality; 5 Nomadic Citizenship; 6 Staging the Postcolony; 7 Bodies outside the State; 8 The Scream of Sycorax; 9 Transnational Migrations; 10 Postnational Reverberations; Notes; Index.

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