"Homeland Securities," a special issue of "Radical History
Review,"" "addresses the complex challenge for radical scholars and
activists presented by the shift in U.S. domestic and international
agendas in the wake of September 11 and the accompanying rhetorics
of national defense, the war on terrorism, and the declaration of
"homeland security." While the agencies and policies grouped under
the rubric of homeland security ostensibly address the safety of
the United States and its citizens, the implications of homeland
security reach far beyond the borders of the United States and
raise questions about transnational mobility, imperialism, nation,
and citizenship.
The contributors to this special issue" "offer critical
perspectives on the many fronts of the global "war on terror" and
reveal continuities and discontinuities within familiar strategies
of political control, racial discrimination, and state-sanctioned
violence. Featured articles explore such issues as the intersection
of racism, homophobia, and imperialism at Abu Ghraib; the conundrum
faced by economically disadvantaged Latino youth who find
themselves doubly targeted by aggressive army recruitment and
anti-immigration activity; and the ways that rhetoric and policies
of homeland security have provided new legal tools in the ongoing
project of defining "real Americans" through exclusion and state
violence. Other essays examine the role of the military in civilian
spaces, the right-wing assault on progressive historians and on
area studies, librarians' efforts to protect the privacy of their
patrons' records in light of the Patriot Act, and the role of
intellectuals in resisting everyday forms of control
andsurveillance.
"Contributors." Barbara Abrash, Lori A. Allen, Jerry Atkin, Rachel
Tzvia Back, Francisco E. Balderrama, Beatriz da Costa, Lara Z.
Deeb, Eric Hiltner, Martha Howell, Lawrence Jones, Burcak
Keskin-Kozat, R. J. Lambrose, Jorge Mariscal, Joseph Masco, Conor
McGrady, Quincy T. Mills, Priscilla Murolo, Enrique C. Ochoa,
Claire Pentecost, Kavita Philip, Vivian H. Price, Jasbir K. Puar,
Eliza Jane Reilly, Natsu Taylor Saito, Ellen Schrecker, David
Serlin, Rogers M. Smith, Marc Stein, Matias Viegener, Kath Weston,
Maurice B. Wheeler, Jessica Winegar
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