Feminism after 9/11 : womens bodies as cultural and political threat /: womens bodies as cultural and political threat. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo, Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo.
• Authors: Lugo-Lugo, Carmen R; Bloodsworth-Lugo, Mary K
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1 Women's Bodies and Feminism "After" 9/11; Women's Bodies as 9/11 Threat; Outlining the 9/11 Project; The White Racial Frame, Systemic Gendered Racism, and the 9/11 Project; Intersectional Feminism; Feminism and U.S. Security in a 9/11 Era; Focusing on 9/11 and the Reification Question; Chapter Progression; Works Cited; Chapter 2 The Gendered and Racialized Threat of First Lady Michelle Obama; Black Female Bodies and Historical Representations; The Historical First Lady and the First Black First Lady; Michelle Obama's Body and Mediating Stereotypes Reconfiguring the MammyReconfiguring the Jezebel; Conclusion: "I Want to Kill Her"; Works Cited; Chapter 3 Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Citizenship, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor; The "Wise Latina" Comment; Sotomayor and the 9/11 Project; Sotomayor's Temperament Problem; Sotomayor as Immigrant; Sotomayor as Foreigner; Sotomayor as Non-White; The Case of Elena Kagan; Conclusion: "Violent Puerto Rican Terrorists"; Works Cited; Chapter 4 Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Threat of "Anchor/Terror Babies"; Immigrants as Terrorist(ic) Threats; Immigrants as Gender Neutral and Terrorists as Men Public Rhetoric and the "Terror" of Latina ImmigrantsBaby (Terrorist) Threats; Conclusion: A Country Terrorized by Babies; Works Cited; Chapter 5 Sexual(ized) Terrorist Threats in an Age of Marriage Equality; Threatening Gayness and the Cold War as Historical Backdrop; Same-Sex Couples/Marriage and 9/11 Terrorist Conflations; 9/11 Inflections and Gay Bodies: Example 1; 9/11 Inflections and Gay Bodies: Example 2; Conclusion: The (Terrorist) Threat of Same-Sex Couples/Marriage; Works Cited; Chapter 6 (Trans)Gender Threats in a 9/11 Era; The Case of Amanda Simpson; The First; The Former The Female-BodiedTransgender Bodies and Terrorism; Conclusion; Works Cited; Chapter 7 The "War on Women" and the 9/11 Project; The "War on Women"; Context for the "War on Women"; Terrorist(ic) Conflations; More Rhetorical Approaches; The Inflated Climate of Fear; A Time After 9/11?; Feminism in the Present Moment; Works Cited; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 161 pages)
• Subjects: 305.42; Feminism -- 21st century; Sex role; Women -- Political aspects -- United States; Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; Feminism; Sex role; Women -- Political aspects; Women -- Social conditions; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Social Science -- Feminism & Feminist Theory; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Gender studies, gender groups; Feminism & feminist theory; Cultural studies; Sociology; Feminist theory; Social Science -- General; United States; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137545824; 1137545828
• Related ISBNs: 113754869X; 9781137548696
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebook Central, viewed December 6, 2017).
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