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Author Amaya, Hector, author.

Title Citizenship excess : Latinas/os, media, and the nation / Hector Amaya.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 274 pages).
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Critical cultural communication
Critical cultural communication.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : Latinas/os and citizenship excess -- Towards a Latino critique of public sphere theory -- Nativism and the 2006 pro-immigration reform rallies -- Hutto : staging transnational justice claims in the time of coloniality -- English- and Spanish-language media -- Labor and the legal structuring of media industries in the case of Ugly Betty (ABC, 2006) -- Mediating belonging, inclusion, and death -- Conclusion : the ethics of nation.
Note Print version record.
Summary Drawing on the Athenian tradition of "wielding citizenship as a weapon to defend a contingently defined polis," the author has crafted an elegant and sophisticated analysis of the contemporary policies designed to contain and criminalize Latina/os. Drawing on contemporary conflicts between Latino/as and anti-immigrant forces, the book illustrates the limitations of liberalism as expressed through U.S. media channels. Inspired by Latin American critical scholarship on the "coloniality of power," the author demonstrates that nativists use the privileges associated with citizenship to accumulate power. That power is deployed to aggressively shape politics, culture, and the law, effectively undermining Latino/as who are marked by the ethno-racial and linguistic difference that nativists love to hate. Yet these social characteristics present crucial challenges to the political, legal, and cultural practices that define citizenship. This book demonstrates that the evolution of the idea of citizenship in the United States and the political and cultural practices that define it are intricately intertwined with nativism
Subject Hispanic Americans.
Latin Americans -- United States.
Citizenship -- United States.
Hispanic Americans and mass media -- Political aspects.
Mass media and immigrants -- Political aspects.
Racism -- United States.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
Hispanic or Latino
Américains d'origine latino-américaine.
Latino-Américains -- États-Unis.
Américains d'origine latino-américaine et médias -- Aspect politique.
Médias et immigrants -- Aspect politique.
Racisme -- États-Unis.
États-Unis -- Émigration et immigration -- Politique gouvernementale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Hispanic American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Citizenship
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Hispanic Americans
Latin Americans
Racism
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Other Form: Print version: Amaya, Hector. Citizenship excess. New York : New York University Press, ©2013 9780814708453 (DLC) 2012036851 (OCoLC)811239036
ISBN 0814723837 (electronic bk.)
9780814723838 (electronic bk.)
9780814724170 (electronic bk.)
0814724175 (electronic bk.)
9780814708453 (cl ; alk. paper)
0814708455 (cl ; alk. paper)
9780814724132 (pb ; alk. paper)
0814724132 (pb ; alk. paper)
Standard No. AU@ 000054193750
CHNEW 000617609
DEBBG BV041634443
DEBBG BV043159101
DEBSZ 421256982
DEBSZ 431407207
DEBSZ 449357201
NZ1 15317757

 
    
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