Imagined Borders/Lived Ambiguity - Intersections of Repression and Resistance (Hardcover)

This edited volume examines the theoretical versatility of the concept of "borders." The impulse to categorize, while present from antiquity in Western culture, has increased in intensity since the advent of the modern age with its corresponding political rise in the ideology of the sovereign nation-state. While the concept of immigration is the common mental image Westerners have when discussing borders, immigration is only the tip of the iceberg for this book. The belief in mutually exclusive, clear, and concrete categories, a necessary ideology in the age of the nation-state, creates large swathes of exceptions where people live ambiguous lives nationally, racially, sexually, ethnically, and in terms of gender. National identity, race, sexuality, gender, and the intersections between are the main categories discussed in the book through the lens of borders and ambiguity. The fervor over categorization, best embodied in recent political history by the Trump administration in the U.S., is both a desire to identify and thus control various "dangerous" populations, as well as creating the very ambiguity categorization is intended to alleviate. The volume weaves together discussions on the subjective meaning-making in ambiguity, policies that create ambiguity, historical creations of ambiguity that persist to the present, and theoretical considerations on the relationship between borders and ambiguity.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2019
Editors:	B. Garrick Harden
Contributors:	Hilario Molina • Robert F. Carley • Ian Barnard • G Dillon Nicholson • Ryan Ashley Caldwell • Eric Gamino • Juan Jose Bustamante • Jesus A. Garcia • Chad Richardson
Dimensions:	229 x 161 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	238
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-8099-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities
LSN:	1-4985-8099-8
Barcode:	9781498580991

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