Border theory
Subtitle: the limits of cultural politics
By: Scott Michaelsen and David E. Johnson, editors.
Contributors: Michaelsen, Scott.; Johnson, David E., 1959-
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Boundaries; Boundaries in literature; Geopolitics; Political anthropology; Ethnicity; Multiculturalism; United States -- Boundaries -- Mexico; Mexico -- Boundaries -- United States
Description: Challenging the prevailing assumption that border studies occurs only in "the borderlands" where Mexico and the United States meet, the authors gathered in this volume examine the multiple borders that define the United States and the Americas, including the Mason-Dixon line, the U.S.-Canadian border, the shifting boundaries of urban diasporas, and the colonization and confinement of American Indians.

These writers - drawn from anthropology, history, and language studies - critique the terrain, limits, and possibilities of border theory. They examine, among other topics, the "soft" or "friendly" borders produced by ethnic studies, antiassimilationist or "difference" multiculturalisms, liberal anthropologies, and benevolent nationalisms.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.