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Migrants and Race in the US

Territorial Racism and the Alien/Outside

Philip Kretsedemas author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:16th Oct '15

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This book explains how migrants can be viewed as racial others, not just because they are nonwhite, but because they are racially "alien." This way of seeing makes it possible to distinguish migrants from a set of racial categories that are presumed to be indigenous to the nation.

"With a thoughtful voice and trenchant analysis Philip Kretsedemas challenges the understanding of migrant racialization in the United States as a simple re-do of the black/white binary. Interspersed with a broad overview of the scholarship on race and migration, Kretsedemas argues that territorial distinctions shape the ways immigrants are racialized. This book will command attention from scholars in the field and the clear prose, original thought and assessment of the field make it a perfect choice for classrooms devoted to the sociology of race, immigration and critical racial studies. It is sure to spark lively debate."

- Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, University of Southern California

“In this book, Kretsedemas provides a sophisticated analysis of the racialization of contemporary migrants to the U.S. The author demonstrates that migrants today are often racialized not along a black/white continuum, but in dialogue with it, othered as “racially alien” and as “conspicuous symbols” of a space outside of the nation. Migrants and Race in the U.S. is an important addition to a growing body of theoretical work on the racialization of Latinos, Asians, and other non-blacks, well-demonstrating the maturation and richness of this field of inquiry."

- Enid Logan, University of Minnesota

ISBN: 9781138957473

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

220 pages