Watchful Lives in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands (Paperback)

Watchfulness shapes many Chicanxs' and other People of Color's everyday lives in San Diego. Experiencing racist discrimination can lead to becoming vigilant, which frames their subjectivity. Focusing particularly on Chicanxs, we show how they seek to intervene against structural inequalities and threats in their lives, such as by re-claiming space, consciousness raising, participating in protests, and healing practices. We argue that contestations surrounding belonging create particularly watchful selves and that this is a significant aspect of borderland lifeworlds more broadly. The book advances the Anthropology of borders, coloniality, subjectivity, and race, as well as contributing to Chicano and Latino Studies, and Urban Studies. Pushing the boundaries of conventional approaches, this book is methodologically innovative by including team fieldwork, digital ethnography, and illustrative work by a local artist. It fills a gap in Security Studies by examining peer-to-peer vigilance beyond top-down surveillance and bottom-up "sousveillance," and expanding previous understandings of watchfulness as an ambivalent practice that can also express care and contribute to community building, as well as representing a "way of life."

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Vigilanzkulturen / Cultures of Vigilance
Release date:	May 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Catherine Whittaker • Eveline Durr • Jonathan Alderman • Carolin Luiprecht
Dimensions:	230 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback - Paperback (DE)
Pages:	180
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-099727-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	3-11-099727-4
Barcode:	9783110997279

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