The rhetorics of US immigration : identity, community, otherness / edited by E. Johanna Hartelius.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartelius, E. Johanna, 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric--United States--History.

Rhetoric.

United States--Emigration and immigration.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1 activism and public campaigns

1 Facing Ghosts, God, and Nature: Affect, Naturalization, and the “No Más Cruces” Border Campaign

2 Faithful Sovereignty: Denationalizing Immigration Policy in the 2003 Pastoral Letter on Migration

3 Protecting LGBT Migrants: Th e Rhetoric of Identity and the Expansion of the Prison- Industrial Complex

Part 2 identity struggles and DREAMers

4 Dropping the “I- Word”: A Critical Examination of Contemporary Immigration Labels

5 “American” Children’s Success and Global Competitiveness: Th e Racial Paradox of Bilingualism as Cultural Capital

6 Documenting Dreams: A Rhetorical Performance of Inclusive Citizenship and Collaborative Expertise

Part 3 (hi)stories of exclusion

7 Constituting Enemies Through Fear: The Rhetoric of Exclusionary Nationalism in the Control of “Un- American” Immigrant Populations

8 Defining the Right Sort of Immigrant: Theodore Roosevelt and American Character

9 Immigration as Histories of Mob- ility: Personal Storytelling in the Where Are You From? Project

Part 4 affect and media imagery

10 Battling Identity Warfare on the Imagined US/México Border: Performing Migrant Alien in Independence Day and Battle: Los Angeles

11 Affect, Emotion, and Immigration Rhetoric, or What Happens When a Minuteman Lives with Unauthorized Immigrants?

Afterword: Tracking the “Shifting Borders” of Identity and Otherness; Productive Complications and Ethico- Political Commitments

About the Contributors

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780271076553

0271076550