The Rhetorics of US Immigration
Identity, Community, Otherness
Edited by E. Johanna Hartelius
“In its careful analysis of the rhetoric surrounding immigration, The Rhetorics of US Immigration astutely links historical and current rhetorical strategies to shed light on the complexity of an increasingly polarized public debate. This work gives readers pertinent examples for practical application in rhetorically shaping how immigration is discussed and ultimately addressed politically.”
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The Rhetorics of US Immigration provides readers with an integrated sense of the rhetorical multiplicity circulating among and about immigrants. Whereas extant literature on immigration rhetoric tends to focus on the media, this work extends the conversation to the immigrants themselves, among others. A collection whose own eclecticism highlights the complexity of the issue, The Rhetorics of US Immigration is not only a study in the language of immigration but also a frank discussion of who is doing the talking and what it means for the future.
From questions of activism, authority, and citizenship to the influence of Hollywood, the LGBTQ community, and the church, The Rhetorics of US Immigration considers the myriad venues in which the American immigration question emerges—and the interpretive framework suited to account for it.
Along with the editor, the contributors are Claudia Anguiano, Karma R. Chávez, Terence Check, Jay P. Childers, J. David Cisneros, Lisa M. Corrigan, D. Robert DeChaine, Anne Teresa Demo, Dina Gavrilos, Emily Ironside, Christine Jasken, Yazmin Lazcano-Pry, Michael Lechuga, and Alessandra B. Von Burg.
“In its careful analysis of the rhetoric surrounding immigration, The Rhetorics of US Immigration astutely links historical and current rhetorical strategies to shed light on the complexity of an increasingly polarized public debate. This work gives readers pertinent examples for practical application in rhetorically shaping how immigration is discussed and ultimately addressed politically.”
E. Johanna Hartelius is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
E. Johanna Hartelius
Part 1 Activism and Public Campaigns
1 Facing Ghosts, God, and Nature: Affect, Naturalization, and the “No Más Cruces” Border Campaign
Terence Check and Christine Jasken
2 Faithful Sovereignty: Denationalizing Immigration Policy in the 2003 Pastoral Letter on Migration
Anne Teresa Demo
3 Protecting LGBT Migrants: The Rhetoric of Identity and the Expansion of the Prison-Industrial Complex
Karma R. Chávez
Part 2 Identity Struggles and DREAMers
4 Dropping the “I-Word”: A Critical Examination of Contemporary Immigration Labels
Claudia Anguiano
5 “American” Children’s Success and Global Competitiveness: The Racial Paradox of Bilingualism as Cultural Capital
Dina Gavrilos
6 Documenting Dreams: A Rhetorical Performance of Inclusive Citizenship and Collaborative Expertise
Yazmin Lazcano-Pry
Part 3 (Hi)stories of Exclusion
7 Constituting Enemies Through Fear: The Rhetoric of Exclusionary Nationalism in the Control of “Un-American” Immigrant Populations
Emily Ironside and Lisa M. Corrigan
8 Defining the Right Sort of Immigrant: Theodore Roosevelt and American Character
Jay P. Childers
9 Immigration as Histories of Mob-ility: Personal Storytelling in the Where Are You From? Project
Alessandra B. Von Burg
Part 4 Affect and Media Imagery
10 Battling Identity Warfare on the Imagined US/México Border: Performing Migrant Alien in Independence Day and Battle: Los Angeles
Michael Lechuga
11 Affect, Emotion, and Immigration Rhetoric, or What Happens When a Minuteman Lives with Unauthorized Immigrants?
J. David Cisneros
Afterword: Tracking the “Shifting Borders” of Identity and Otherness; Productive Complications and Ethico-Political Commitments
D. Robert DeChaine
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