American territorial borders have undergone significant and
unparalleled changes in the last decade. They serve as a powerful
and emotionally charged locus for American national identity that
correlates with the historical idea of the frontier. But the
concept of the frontier, so central to American identity throughout
modern history, has all but disappeared in contemporary
representation while the border has served to uncomfortably fill
the void left in the spatial imagination of American culture. This
book focuses on the shifting relationship between borders and
frontiers in North America, specifically the ways in which they
have been imaged and imagined since their formation in the 19th
century and how tropes of visuality are central to their production
and meaning. Rodney links ongoing discussions in political
geography and visual culture in new ways to demonstrate how
contemporary American borders exhibit security as a display
strategy that is resisted and undermined through a variety of
cultural practices.
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