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PublisherPennsylvania STATE University Press

ISBN-100271087889

ISBN-139780271087887

eBay Product ID (ePID)6038289543

Product Key Features

Number of Pages232 Pages, 236 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDeportable and Disposable : Public Rhetoric and the Making of the "Illegal" Immigrant

Publication Year2020

SubjectPublic Policy / Immigration, United States / 20th Century, Discrimination & Race Relations, Emigration & Immigration, Rhetoric

TypeTextbook

AuthorLisa A. Flores

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, History

SeriesRhetoric and Democratic Deliberation Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight19.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2020-034972

Reviews"Combining a rhetorical and historical approach, Deportable and Disposable will redefine the way that scholars think about deportation, deportability, the racialization of migrants, and the performativity of race." --Josue David Cisneros, author of The Border Crossed Us: Rhetorics of Borders, Citizenship, and Latina/o Identity, "Flores's historical work makes an incredibly unique contribution to the field. Moreover, given her work on race and racialization and the dearth of such work in the broader field of rhetoric, her contribution is even more significant. She provides a wonderful example of how to do what she elsewhere calls 'racial rhetorical criticism.'" --Karma Chávez, author of Queer Migration Politics: Activist Rhetoric and Coalitional Possibilities, "Flores's historical work makes an incredibly unique contribution to the field. Moreover, given her work on race and racialization and the dearth of such work in the broader field of rhetoric, her contribution is even more significant. She provides a wonderful example of how to do what she elsewhere calls 'racial rhetorical criticism.'" --Karma Chávez,author of Queer Migration Politics: Activist Rhetoric and Coalitional Possibilities, "Combining a rhetorical and historical approach, Deportable and Disposable will redefine the way that scholars think about deportation, deportability, the racialization of migrants, and the performativity of race." -Josue David Cisneros, author of The Border Crossed Us: Rhetorics of Borders, Citizenship, and Latina/o Identity, "Combining a rhetorical and historical approach, Deportable and Disposable will redefine the way that scholars think about deportation, deportability, the racialization of migrants, and the performativity of race." --Josue David Cisneros,author of The Border Crossed Us: Rhetorics of Borders, Citizenship, and Latina/o Identity, "Flores's historical work makes an incredibly unique contribution to the field. Moreover, given her work on race and racialization and the dearth of such work in the broader field of rhetoric, her contribution is even more significant. She provides a wonderful example of how to do what she elsewhere calls 'racial rhetorical criticism.'" -Karma Chávez, author of Queer Migration Politics: Activist Rhetoric and Coalitional Possibilities

Series Volume Number24

IllustratedYes

Table Of ContentPreface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisIn the 1920s, the US government passed legislation against undocumented entry into the country, and as a result the figure of the "illegal alien" took form in the national discourse. In this book, Lisa A. Flores explores the history of our language about Mexican immigrants and exposes how our words made these migrants "illegal." Deportable and Disposable brings a rhetorical lens to a question that has predominantly concerned historians: how do differently situated immigrant populations come to belong within the national space of whiteness, and thus of American-ness? Flores presents a genealogy of our immigration discourse through four stereotypes: the "illegal alien," a foreigner and criminal who quickly became associated with Mexican migrants; the "bracero," a docile Mexican contract laborer; the "zoot suiter," a delinquent Mexican American youth engaged in gang culture; and the "wetback," an unwanted migrant who entered the country by swimming across the Rio Grande. By showing how these figures were constructed, Flores provides insight into the ways in which we racialize language and how we can transform our political rhetoric to ensure immigrant populations come to belong as part of the country, as Americans. Timely, thoughtful, and eye-opening, Deportable and Disposable initiates a necessary conversation about the relationship between racial rhetoric and the literal and figurative borders of the nation. This powerful book will inform policy makers, scholars, activists, and anyone else interested in race, rhetoric, and immigration in the United States., In the 1920s, the US government passed legislation against undocumented entry into the country, and as a result the figure of the "illegal alien" took form in the national discourse. In this book, Lisa A. Flores explores the history of our language about Mexican immigrants and exposes how our words made these migrants "illegal." Deportable and Disposable brings a rhetorical lens to a question that has predominantly concerned historians--how do differently situated immigrant populations come to belong within the national space of whiteness, and thus of American-ness? Flores presents a genealogy of our immigration discourse through four stereotypes: the "illegal alien," a foreigner and criminal who quickly became associated with Mexican migrants; the "bracero," a docile Mexican contract laborer; the "zoot suiter," a delinquent Mexican American youth engaged in gang culture; and the "wetback," an unwanted migrant who entered the country by swimming across the Rio Grande. By showing how these figures were constructed, Flores provides insight into the ways in which we racialize language and how we can transform our political rhetoric to ensure immigrant populations come to belong as part of the country, as Americans. Timely, thoughtful, and eye-opening, Deportable and Disposable initiates a necessary conversation about the relationship between racial rhetoric and the literal and figurative borders of the nation. This powerful book will inform policy makers, scholars, activists, and anyone else interested in race, rhetoric, and immigration in the United States., In the 1920s, the US government passed legislation against undocumented entry into the country, and as a result the figure of the "illegal alien" took form in the national discourse. In this book, Lisa A. Flores explores the history of our language about Mexican immigrants and exposes how our words made these migrants ......

LC Classification NumberJV6483.F66 2020