Keywords:
Hispanic Americans and mass media Political aspects
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Mass media and immigrants Political aspects
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Racism
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Hispanic Americans
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Citizenship
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Latin Americans
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United States Emigration and immigration
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Government policy
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
""Drawing on the Athenian tradition of 'wielding citizenship as a weapon to defend a contingently defined polis,' Hector Amaya has crafted an elegant and sophisticated analysis of the contemporary policies designed to contain and criminalize Latina/os. Citizenship Excess demonstrates that he is one of the leading Latina/o Media Scholars today."" -Angharad N. Valdivia, General Editor of the International Encyclopedia of Media Studies and author of Latina/os Drawing on contemporary conflicts between Latino/as and anti-immigrant forces, Citizenship Excess illustrates the limitations of liber
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (286 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780814708453
Series Statement:
Critical Cultural Communication
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1182800
DDC:
305.868
Language:
English
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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CONTENTS; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: Latinas/os and Citizenship Excess; Part I: Defending the Walls; 1 Toward a Latino Critique of Public Sphere Theory; 2 Nativism and the 2006 Pro-Immigration Reform Rallies; 3 Hutto: Staging Transnational Justice Claims in the Time of Coloniality; 4 English- and Spanish-Language Media; Part II: Condition of Inclusion; 5 Labor and the Legal Structuring of Media Industries in the Case of Ugly Betty (ABC, 2006); 6 Mediating Belonging, Inclusion, and Death; Conclusion: The Ethics of Nation; Notes; References; Index; About the Author
