Queer Migration Politics Activist Rhetoric and Coalitional Possibilities

Name: Queer Migration Politics Activist Rhetoric and Coalitional Possibilities
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ISBN: 9780252079580

ISBN-10: 0252079582

ISBN-13: 9780252079580

Edition: 2013

Authors: Karma R. Chavez

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Delineating an approach to activism at the intersection of queer rights, immigration rights, and social justice, Queer Migration Politics examines a series of "coalitional moments" in which contemporary activists discover and respond to the predominant rhetoric, imagery, and ideologies that signal a sense of national identity. Karma Chávez analyzes how activists use coalition to articulate the shared concerns of queer politics and migration politics, as both populations seek to imagine their ability to belong in various communities and spaces, their relationships to state and regional politics, and their relationships to other people whose lives might be very different from their own.…

Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 10/16/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Karma R. Chavez is Associate Professor Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin Madison.



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction



The Differential Visions of Queer Migration Manifestos



The Coalitional Possibility of Radical Interactionality



Coming Out as Coalitional Gesture?



Coalitional Politics on the US-Mexico Border


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index