Refiguring race and risk : counternarratives of care in the US security state / Roberta Wolfson.
| Author/creator | Wolfson, Roberta author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2024] |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | xi, 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Gangsters at risk : refiguring the threat of urban violence in contemporary gang memoirs -- Community in contagion : modeling holistic care in the AIDS medical memoir -- Militarized borders, toxic fields : affirming the value of migrant lives in Latinx environmental justice literature -- Feeling one's way out of terror : affective guidance in post-9/11 Muslim cultural production -- Conclusion: Speculative visions of race and risk : imagining the future of national security. |
| Abstract | "Illuminates how writers of color such as Miné Okubo, Sanyika Shakur, Abraham Verghese, and Helena María Viramontes disrupt the racial violence of the contemporary US security state"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract | "In Refiguring Race and Risk, Roberta Wolfson turns to novels, memoirs, and other cultural works to debunk the false sense of national security rooted in positioning people of color as embodiments of risk. Considering output by Miné Okubo, Sanyika Shakur, Abraham Verghese, Khaled Hosseini, Helena María Viramontes, and others, Wolfson demonstrates how these authors disrupt racist security regimes and model alternative strategies for managing risk by crafting stories of collective care and community building. Chapters discuss, among other examples, how gang members defy the mass incarceration of Black and Latinx Americans by committing to self-education and self-advocacy; how an Asian immigrant doctor offers a corrective to the pandemic-era trend of allowing xenophobia to inform public health decisions by providing human-centered medical services to HIV-positive patients; and how Latinx migrant farmworkers battle ongoing precarity amid the increasing militarization of the US-Mexico border by bartering life-sustaining resources. In revealing how these works cultivate love as a mode of political resistance, Wolfson relabels people of color not as a source of risk but as critical actors in the push to improve national security." -- Publisher's description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-221) and index. |
| LCCN | 2024007873 |
| ISBN | 9780814215692 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0814215696 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS153 .M56 W65 2024 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |