Lee Bebout

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Whiteness on the Border: Mapping the U.S. Racial Imagination in Brown and WhiteHardcover, 13 December 2016

Whiteness on the Border: Mapping the U.S. Racial Imagination in Brown and White
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Part of Series
Nation of Nations
Print Length
304 pages
Language
English
Publisher
New York University Press
Date Published
13 Dec 2016
ISBN-10
1479885347
ISBN-13
9781479885343

Description

The many lenses of racism through which the white imagination sees Mexicans and Chicanos

Historically, ideas of whiteness and Americanness have been built on the backs of racialized communities. The legacy of anti-Mexican stereotypes stretches back to the early nineteenth century when Anglo-American settlers first came into regular contact with Mexico and Mexicans. The images of the Mexican Other as lawless, exotic, or non-industrious continue to circulate today within US popular and political culture. Through keen analysis of music, film, literature, and US politics, Whiteness on the Border demonstrates how contemporary representations of Mexicans and Chicano/as are pushed further to foster the idea of whiteness as Americanness.

Illustrating how the ideologies, stories, and images of racial hierarchy align with and support those of fervent US nationalism, Lee Bebout maps the relationship between whiteness and American exceptionalism. He examines how renderings of the Mexican Other have expressed white fear, and formed a besieged solidarity in anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies. Moreover, Whiteness on the Border elucidates how seemingly positive representations of Mexico and Chicano/as are actually used to reinforce investments in white American goodness and obscure systems of racial inequality. Whiteness on the Border pushes readers to consider how the racial logic of the past continues to thrive in the present.

Product Details

Author:
Lee Bebout
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
13 December 2016
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.24 x 2.06 cm
ISBN-10:
1479885347
ISBN-13:
9781479885343
Language:
English
Pages:
304
Weight:
562.45 gm

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