Citizenship Excess: Latino/As, Media, and the Nation

by Hector Amaya

Book Overview

"Drawing on the Athenian tradition of 'wielding citizenship as a weapon to defend a contingently defined polis, ' Hector Amaya has crafted an elegant and sophisticated analysis of the contemporary policies designed to contain and criminalize Latina/os. Citizenship Excess demonstrates that he is one of the leading Latina/o Media Scholars today."

--Angharad N. Valdivia, General Editor of the International Encyclopedia of Media Studies and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814708455
• ISBN13: 9780814708453
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"