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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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2016]
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Summary: | 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 identity. Instead, after 9/11, the Patriot Act, and the wars in Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan, it has also become a concept and, indeed, a strategy of identification--one rooted in xenophobic, imperialistic, and racist ideologies to target those who do not neatly fit or subscribe to ideas of nationhood. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781452952543 |