Inderpal Grewal

Saving the Security State

Exceptional Citizens in Twenty-First-Century America

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Produktbeschreibung

Inderpal Grewal traces the changing relations between the US state and its citizens in an era she calls advanced neoliberalism, under which everyday life is militarized, humanitarianism serves imperial aims, and white Christian men become exceptional citizens tasked with protecting the nation from racialized others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9780822368908
• ISBN-10: 0822368900
• Artikelnr.: 47549791

Autorenporträt

Inderpal Grewal

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction. Exceptional Citizens? Saving and Surveilling in Advanced
Neoliberal Times  1
1. Katrina, American Exceptionalism, and the Security State  33
2. American Humanitarian Citizenship: The "Soft" Power of Empire  59
3. Muslims, Missionaries, and Humanitarians  87
4. "Security Moms" and "Security Feminists": Securitizing Family and State 
118
5. Digital Natives: Threats, Technologies, Markets  144
Coda. The "Shooter"  185
Notes  205
Bibliography  261
Index  309