Border theory
by Scott Michaelsen, David E. Johnson
BoundariesBoundaries in literaturePolitical anthropologyGeopoliticsMulticulturalism
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Open LibraryAbout this book
Challenging the prevailing assumption that border studies occurs only in "the borderlands" where Mexico and the United States meet, the authors gathered in this volume examine the multiple borders that define the United States and the Americas, including the Mason-Dixon line, the U.S.-Canadian border, the shifting boundaries of urban diasporas, and the colonization and confinement of American Indians. These writers - drawn from anthropology, history, and language studies - critique the terrain, limits, and possibilities of border theory. They examine, among other topics, the "soft" or "friendly" borders produced by ethnic studies, antiassimilationist or "difference" multiculturalisms, liberal anthropologies, and benevolent nationalisms.
Themes & subjects
BoundariesBoundaries in literaturePolitical anthropologyGeopoliticsMulticulturalismEthnicity
Setting
United StatesMexico
About the author
David E. Johnson
1959
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