Queer Migration Politics: Activist Rhetoric and Coalitional

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Queer Migration Politics: Activist Rhetoric and Coalitional Possibilities (Feminist Media Studies)

The battles for LGBTQ rights and immigrant rights have captured significant attention in the U.S. public sphere throughout the twenty-first century. Both movements, which are largely understood to be separate, have advocated a politics of inclusion in and assimilation to mainstream national values. Delineating an alternative 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 R. ChÃ¡vez analyzes how activists use coalition to articulate the shared concerns of queer politics and migration politics, as activists 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. Advocating a politics of the present and drawing from women of color and queer of color theory, this book contends that coalition enables a vital understanding of how queerness and immigration, citizenship and belonging, and inclusion and exclusion are linked. Queer Migration Politics offers activists, queer scholars, feminists, and immigration scholars productive tools for theorizing political efficacy.

Country	USA
Author	Karma Chavez
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780252095375
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	University of Illinois Press
Manufacturer	University of Illinois Press
NumberOfPages	221
PublicationDate	2013-11-01
Publisher	University of Illinois Press
ReleaseDate	2013-11-01
Studio	University of Illinois Press

Queer Migration Politics: Activist Rhetoric and Coalitional Possibilities (Feminist Media Studies)

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