{"product_id":"accessible-citizenships-disability-nation-and-the-cultural-politics-of-greater-mexico-paperback-softback-9781439910702","title":"Accessible Citizenships; Disability, Nation, and the Cultural Politics of Greater Mexico (Paperback \/ softback) 9781439910702","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAccessible Citizenships\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDisability, Nation, and the Cultural Politics of Greater Mexico\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJulie Avril Minich (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439910702\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 December 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e21 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.254 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAccessible Citizenships\u003c\/i\u003e examines Chicana\/o cultural representations that conceptualize political community through images of disability. Working against the assumption that disability is a metaphor for social decay or political crisis, Julie Avril Minich analyzes literature, film, and visual art post-1980 in which representations of non-normative bodies work to expand our understanding of what it means to belong to a political community.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMinich shows how queer writers like Arturo Islas and CherrÍe Moraga have reconceptualized Chicano nationalism through disability images. She further addresses how the U.S.-Mexico border and disabled bodies restrict freedom and movement. Finally, she confronts the changing role of the nation-state in the face of neoliberalism as depicted in novels by Ana Castillo and Cecile Pineda. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAccessible Citizenships\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates how these works gesture towards less exclusionary forms of citizenship and nationalism. Minich boldly argues that the corporeal images used to depict national belonging have important consequences for how the rights and benefits of citizenship are understood and distributed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA volume in the American Literatures Initiative\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Accessibility and Nationalism: An Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e PART ONE The Body Politic of Aztlán \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 1 Enabling Aztlán: Arturo Islas Jr. and Chicano Cultural Nationalism\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 2 \"My Country Was Not Like That\": Cherríe Moraga, Felicia Luna Lemus, and National Failure\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e PART TWO Immobilizing the Border \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 3 \"So Much Life in the Still Waters\": Alex Espinoza and the Ideology of Ability in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 4 No Nation for Old Men? Racialized Aging and Border-Crossing Narratives by Guillermo Arriaga, Tommy Lee Jones, and Oscar Casares\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e PART THREE Beyond Citizenship \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 5 Overcoming the Nation: Ana Castillo, Cecile Pineda, and the Stakes of Disability Identity\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Epilogue\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Notes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Works Cited\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584908587288,"sku":"9781439910702","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/accessible-citizenships-disability-nation-and-the-cultural-politics-of-greater-mexico-paperback-softback-9781439910702","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}