The Cultural Politics of U.S. Immigration : Gender, Race, and Media / Leah Perry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, Leah, Author.

Series:

Nation of nations (NYU Press)

Nation of Nations ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and race relations--United States.

Mass media and race relations.

Immigrants in mass media.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

United States.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In the 1980s, amid increasing immigration from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia, the circle of who was considered American seemed to broaden, reflecting the democratic gains made by racial minorities and women. Although this expanded circle was increasingly visible in the daily lives of Americans through TV shows, films, and popular news media, these gains were circumscribed by the discourse that certain immigrants, for instance single and working mothers, were feared, censured, or welcomed exclusively as laborers. Leah Perry argues that 1980s immigration discourse in law and popular media was a crucial ingredient in the cohesion of the neoliberal idea of democracy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Immigration as Emergency

2. The Borderlines of Family Reunification

3. Exiled Mothers and Mothers of Exiles

4. Inaugurating Neoliberal Crimmigration

5. Over-Looking Difference

Conclusion

Notes

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

1-4798-3310-X

OCLC:

956541546