Constructing the nation : a race and nationalism reader / edited by Mariana Ortega and Linda Martín Alcoff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ortega, Mariana.

Alcoff, Linda Martín.

Series:

SUNY series, philosophy and race

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--United States--History.

Nationalism.

Group identity.

History.

United States.

United States--Race relations--History.

Race relations.

Group identity--United States--History.

Physical Description:

ix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : SUNY Press, [2009]

Summary:

In this volume philosophers and social theorists of color take up these questions, offering nuanced critiques of race and nationalism in the post-9/11 United States focused around the themes of freedom, unity, and homeland. In particular, the contributors examine how normative concepts of American identity and unity come to be defined and defended along increasingly racialized lines in the face of national trauma, and how nonnormative Americans experience the mistrust that their identities and backgrounds engender in this way. The volume takes an important step in recognizing and challenging the unreflective notions of nationalism that emerge in times of crisis.

Contents:

Cultural affirmation, power, and dissent: two midcentury U.S. debates / Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab

When fear interferes with freedom: infantilization of the American public seen through the lens of post-9/11 literature for children / Kyoo Lee

Muslim women and the rhetoric of freedom / Alia Al-Saji

Faith in unity: the nationalist erasure of multiplicity / María Lugones and Joshua M. Price

Muslim immigrants in post-9-11 American politics: the "exception" population as an intrinsic element of American liberalism / Falguni A. Sheth

Situating race and nation in the U.S. context: methodology, interdisciplinarity, and the unresolved role of comparative inquiry / Mindy Peden

Citizenship and political friendship: two hearts, one passport / Eduardo Mendieta

On the limits of postcolonial identity politics / Namita Goswami

Theorizing the aesthetic homeland: racialized aesthetic nationalism in daily life and the art world / Monique Roelofs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781438428475

1438428472

9781438428482

1438428480

OCLC:

298537972