{"product_id":"saving-the-security-state-9780822368908","title":"Saving the Security State","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInderpal Grewal traces the changing relations between the US state and its citizens in an era she calls advanced neoliberalism, under which everyday life is militarized, humanitarianism serves imperial aims, and white Christian men become exceptional citizens tasked with protecting the nation from racialized others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Grewal] expertly demonstrates how, whether via militarism or humanitarianism, with both always racialized, the exceptional citizen labors to uphold US empire and the exceptionalism that justifies and rationalizes it.\"  -- Jennifer Kelly * Radical History Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"In this book, Grewal captures—through her multidisciplinary engagement with the key features of early twenty-first-century American political life—something important and troubling about the odd state of affairs in which we find ourselves here in the post-9\/11 digital age. . . . This is a bold, brave, and forthright book.\" -- Tina Fernandes Botts * Hypatia Reviews Online *\u003cbr\u003e\"[This book] deserves to find its way onto the reading lists of university departments for a variety of subjects. . . a tour de force.\" -- Columba Achilleos-Sarll * International Feminist Journal of Politics *\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is a carefully crafted volume, with most impressive documentation, a critical contribution that explains the pervasiveness of the 'security mom' and its complement, a fascist near-future.\" -- Daniel Zirker * Australasian Journal of American Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSaving the Security State\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating, nuanced study of a topic that possesses an enormous amount of importance in contemporary society. ... Grewal’s focus on exceptional citizenship and American imperialisms at home and abroad make[s] this book exceptional.\" -- Joseph Michael Gratale * European Journal of American Culture *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Exceptional Citizens? Saving and Surveilling in Advanced Neoliberal Times  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Katrina, American Exceptionalism, and the Security State  33\u003cbr\u003e 2. American Humanitarian Citizenship: The \"Soft\" Power of Empire  59\u003cbr\u003e 3. Muslims, Missionaries, and Humanitarians  87\u003cbr\u003e 4. \"Security Moms\" and \"Security Feminists\": Securitizing Family and State  118\u003cbr\u003e 5. Digital Natives: Threats, Technologies, Markets  144\u003cbr\u003e Coda. The \"Shooter\"  185\u003cbr\u003e Notes  205\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  261\u003cbr\u003e Index  309","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406104502615,"sku":"9780822368908","price":84.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822368908.jpg?v=1730494543","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/saving-the-security-state-9780822368908","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}