Alienhood: Citizenship, Exile, and the Logic of Difference

by Katarzyna Marciniak

"Alien" has a double meaning in the United States, suggesting both "foreigner" and "extraterrestrial creature." In Alienhood, Katarzyna Marciniak explores this semantic duality. Interrogating the dominant images of aliens in American popular culture--and in legal, historical, linguistic, and literary discourses--Marciniak examines "alienhood" and the impact it has on the daily experiences of migrants, legal or illegal.

Using examples from exilic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816645779
• ISBN13: 9780816645770
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"