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Stranger Intimacy: Contesting Race, Sexuality and the Law in the North American West
Nayan Shah
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Description for Stranger Intimacy: Contesting Race, Sexuality and the Law in the North American West
Paperback. Exploring an array of intimacies between global migrants, this title illuminates a transient world of heterogeneous social relations - dignified, collaborative, and illicit. It reveals the intersections between capitalism, the state's treatment of immigrants, sexual citizenship, and racism in the first half of the twentieth century. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 358 pages, 15 b/w photographs and 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFSL; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520. Contesting Race, Sexuality and the Law in the North American West. Series: American Crossroads. 358 pages, illustrations. Exploring an array of intimacies between global migrants, this title illuminates a transient world of heterogeneous social relations - dignified, collaborative, and illicit. It reveals the intersections between capitalism, the state's treatment of immigrants, sexual citizenship, and racism in the first half of the twentieth century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFSL; JHBK5. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 23. Weight: 498.
In exploring an array of intimacies between global migrants Nayan Shah illuminates a stunning, transient world of heterogeneous social relations - dignified, collaborative, and illicit. At the same time he demonstrates how the United States and Canada, in collusion with each other, actively sought to exclude and dispossess nonwhite races. "Stranger Intimacy" reveals the intersections between capitalism, the state's treatment of immigrants, sexual citizenship, and racism in the first half of the twentieth century.
In exploring an array of intimacies between global migrants Nayan Shah illuminates a stunning, transient world of heterogeneous social relations - dignified, collaborative, and illicit. At the same time he demonstrates how the United States and Canada, in collusion with each other, actively sought to exclude and dispossess nonwhite races. "Stranger Intimacy" reveals the intersections between capitalism, the state's treatment of immigrants, sexual citizenship, and racism in the first half of the twentieth century.
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
358
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
American Crossroads
Condition
New
Weight
500g
Number of Pages
358
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520270879
SKU
V9780520270879
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About Nayan Shah
Nayan Shah is Professor and Chair of the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and the author of Contagious Divides (UC Press).
Reviews for Stranger Intimacy: Contesting Race, Sexuality and the Law in the North American West
"Brilliant... [Shah's] lucid prose, vivid stories, and gripping analysis make it a great read for both academic and general audiences."
Julia Camacho (University of Texas, El Paso) H-Net Reviews "Show how the history of even a small (in numerical terms) minority has important implications for the ways in which all Americans understand the parameters of citizenship." Southern California Quarterly ... Read more
Julia Camacho (University of Texas, El Paso) H-Net Reviews "Show how the history of even a small (in numerical terms) minority has important implications for the ways in which all Americans understand the parameters of citizenship." Southern California Quarterly ... Read more