The Rhetorics of US Immigration
Pennsylvania State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-271-06718-6 (ISBN)
In the current geopolitical climate—in which unaccompanied children cross the border in record numbers, and debates on the topic swing violently from pole to pole—the subject of immigration demands innovative inquiry. In The Rhetorics of US Immigration, some of the most prominent and prolific scholars in immigration studies come together to discuss the many facets of immigration rhetoric in the United States.
The Rhetorics of US Immigration provides readers with an integrated sense of the rhetorical multiplicity circulating among and about immigrants. Whereas extant literature on immigration rhetoric tends to focus on the media, this work extends the conversation to the immigrants themselves, among others. A collection whose own eclecticism highlights the complexity of the issue, The Rhetorics of US Immigration is not only a study in the language of immigration but also a frank discussion of who is doing the talking and what it means for the future.
From questions of activism, authority, and citizenship to the influence of Hollywood, the LGBTQ community, and the church, The Rhetorics of US Immigration considers the myriad venues in which the American immigration question emerges—and the interpretive framework suited to account for it.
Along with the editor, the contributors are Claudia Anguiano, Karma R. Chávez, Terence Check, Jay P. Childers, J. David Cisneros, Lisa M. Corrigan, D. Robert DeChaine, Anne Teresa Demo, Dina Gavrilos, Emily Ironside, Christine Jasken, Yazmin Lazcano-Pry, Michael Lechuga, and Alessandra B. Von Burg.
E. Johanna Hartelius is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
E. Johanna Hartelius
Part 1Activism and Public Campaigns
1Facing Ghosts, God, and Nature: Affect, Naturalization, and the “No Más Cruces” Border Campaign
Terence Check and Christine Jasken
2Faithful Sovereignty: Denationalizing Immigration Policy in the 2003 Pastoral Letter on Migration
Anne Teresa Demo
3Protecting LGBT Migrants: The Rhetoric of Identity and the Expansion of the Prison-Industrial Complex
Karma R. Chávez
Part 2Identity Struggles and DREAMers
4Dropping the “I-Word”: A Critical Examination of Contemporary Immigration Labels
Claudia Anguiano
5“American” Children’s Success and Global Competitiveness: The Racial Paradox of Bilingualism as Cultural Capital
Dina Gavrilos
6Documenting Dreams: A Rhetorical Performance of Inclusive Citizenship and Collaborative Expertise
Yazmin Lazcano-Pry
Part 3(Hi)stories of Exclusion
7Constituting Enemies Through Fear: The Rhetoric of Exclusionary Nationalism in the Control of “Un-American” Immigrant Populations
Emily Ironside and Lisa M. Corrigan
8Defining the Right Sort of Immigrant: Theodore Roosevelt and American Character
Jay P. Childers
9Immigration as Histories of Mob-ility: Personal Storytelling in the Where Are You From? Project
Alessandra B. Von Burg
Part 4Affect and Media Imagery
10Battling Identity Warfare on the Imagined US/México Border: Performing Migrant Alien in Independence Day and Battle: Los Angeles
Michael Lechuga
11Affect, Emotion, and Immigration Rhetoric, or What Happens When a Minuteman Lives with Unauthorized Immigrants?
J. David Cisneros
Afterword: Tracking the “Shifting Borders” of Identity and Otherness; Productive Complications and Ethico-Political Commitments
D. Robert DeChaine
About the Contributors
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.9.2015 |
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Verlagsort | University Park |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 590 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-271-06718-7 / 0271067187 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-271-06718-6 / 9780271067186 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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