Imagined Borders/Lived Ambiguity: Intersections of Repression and Resistance

Harden, B. Garrick (Editor)/ Molina, Hilario, II (Contributor)/ Carley, Robert F. (Contributor)/ Barnard, Ian (Contributor)/ Nicholson, G. Dillon (Contributor)

ISBN 10: 1498580998 / ISBN 13: 9781498580991

Published by Lexington Books, 2019

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230 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Imagined Borders/Lived Ambiguity: Intersections of Repression and Resistance
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498580998
• ISBN 13: 9781498580991
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.56 kilograms

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Synopsis

Imagined Borders/Lived Ambiguity: Intersections of Repression and Resistance examines the theoretical versatility of the concept of “borders.” The impulse to categorize, while present from antiquity in Western culture, has increased in intensity since the advent of the modern age with its corresponding political rise in the ideology of the sovereign nation-state. While immigration is the common mental image Westerners have when discussing borders, immigration is only the tip of the iceberg for this book. The belief in mutually exclusive, clear, and concrete categories creates large swathes of exceptions where people live ambiguous lives nationally, racially, sexually, ethnically, and in terms of gender.Identity is discussed in the book through the lens of borders and ambiguity. The fervor over categorization, best embodied in recent political history by the Trump administration in the United States, is both a desire to identify and control “dangerous” populations, but also creates the very ambiguity categorization is intended to alleviate. The volume weaves together discussions on the subjective meaning-making in ambiguity, policies that create ambiguity, historical creations of ambiguity that persist to the present, and theoretical considerations on the relationship between borders and ambiguity.

About the Author

B. Garrick Hardenis associate professor of sociology at Lamar University.