Philip Kretsedemas

Migrants and Race in the US

Territorial Racism and the Alien/Outside

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Produktbeschreibung

This book uses the concept of territorial racism to describe the discriminatory acts and exclusions that have been informed by native/alien distinctions. It argues that while the concept intersects with several different histories of racial and racist discourse, it is a distinct ideological formation in its own right. It is broader in scope than these other types of racism, and articulates race and territory in a way that is qualitatively different from the racial-territorial commonsense of the colonial era. Reflecting in policy trends, racial discourse, and macro-structural transformations, this book operates across all of these levels-looking at global/local and micro/macro dynamics-to present a new theory of immigrant racialization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780415658393
• ISBN-10: 041565839X
• Artikelnr.: 36623434

Autorenporträt

Philip Kretsedemas is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. His research and writing has examined the dynamics of immigrant racialization, policy outcomes for immigrant populations and the regulation of migrant flows by the state. Some of his journal articles have appeared in American Quarterly, International Migration and Stanford Law and Policy Review. He is also the co-editor of Keeping Out the Other: A Critical Introduction to Immigration Enforcement Today (with David Brotherton; 2008, Columbia University Press) and is the author of The Immigration Crucible: Transforming 'Race', Nation and the Limits of the Law (2012, Columbia University Press).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Migrants and Race: An Introduction 2. The Facts (and Fictions) of
Non-Blackness 3. The Problem of Territorial Belonging 4. Territorial Racism
5. Who is an American Minority? 6. Removable People 7. In-Between and
Outside

Rezensionen

"With a thoughtful voice and trenchant analysis Philip Kretsedemas challenges the understanding of migrant racialization in the United States as a simple re-do of the black/white binary. Interspersed with a broad overview of the scholarship on race and migration, Kretsedemas argues that territorial distinctions shape the ways immigrants are racialized. This book will command attention from scholars in the field and the clear prose, original thought and assessment of the field make it a perfect choice for classrooms devoted to the sociology of race, immigration and critical racial studies. It is sure to spark lively debate."

- Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, University of Southern California

"In this book, Kretsedemas provides a sophisticated analysis of the racialization of contemporary migrants to the U.S. The author demonstrates that migrants today are often racialized not along a black/white continuum, but in dialogue with it, othered as "racially alien" and as"conspicuous symbols" of a space outside of the nation. Migrants and Race in the U.S. is an important addition to a growing body of theoretical work on the racialization of Latinos, Asians, and other non-blacks, well-demonstrating the maturation and richness of this field of inquiry."

- Enid Logan, University of Minnesota