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Book SynopsisDrawing 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 liberalism as expressed through U.S. media channels. Inspired by Latin American critical scholarship on the coloniality of power, Amaya demonstrates that nativists use the privileges associated with citizenship to accumulate power. That power is deployed to aggressively shape politics, culture, and the law, effectively undermining Latino/as who are marked by the ethno-racial and linguistic differen
Trade Review
Amayas book is crucial for anyone concerned about the position of Latinas/os in the US. -- K. Sorensen * Choice *
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,author of A Latina in the Land of Hollywood
Table of 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: Conditions 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
