03929nam 22006495 450 991014945390332120220208011111.01-4798-6115-410.18574/9781479861156(CKB)3710000000933219(MiAaPQ)EBC4500697(OCoLC)962063821(MdBmJHUP)muse53916(DE-B1597)548233(DE-B1597)9781479861156(EXLCZ)99371000000093321920200723h20162016 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierWhiteness on the Border Mapping the US Racial Imagination in Brown and White /Lee BeboutNew York, NY :New York University Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (212 pages)Nation of Nations ;191-4798-8534-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Note on Terminology --Preface --Introduction --1. What Did They Call Them after They Called Them “Greasers”? --2. “They Are Coming to Conquer Us!” --3. With Friends Like These --4. Deep in the Heart of Whiteness --Conclusion --Notes --Bibliography --Index --About the AuthorThe many lenses of racism through which the white imagination sees Mexicans and Chicanos Historically, ideas of whiteness and Americanness have been built on the backs of racialized communities. The legacy of anti-Mexican stereotypes stretches back to the early nineteenth century when Anglo-American settlers first came into regular contact with Mexico and Mexicans. The images of the Mexican Other as lawless, exotic, or non-industrious continue to circulate today within US popular and political culture. Through keen analysis of music, film, literature, and US politics, Whiteness on the Border demonstrates how contemporary representations of Mexicans and Chicano/as are pushed further to foster the idea of whiteness as Americanness. Illustrating how the ideologies, stories, and images of racial hierarchy align with and support those of fervent US nationalism, Lee Bebout maps the relationship between whiteness and American exceptionalism. He examines how renderings of the Mexican Other have expressed white fear, and formed a besieged solidarity in anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies. Moreover, Whiteness on the Border elucidates how seemingly positive representations of Mexico and Chicano/as are actually used to reinforce investments in white American goodness and obscure systems of racial inequality. Whiteness on the Border pushes readers to consider how the racial logic of the past continues to thrive in the present.Mexican AmericansRace identityMexicansUnited StatesRace identityWhite peopleUnited StatesRace identityMexican Americans in popular cultureUnited StatesChicano movementStereotypes (Social psychology)RacismUnited StatesUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationSocial aspectsMexicoEmigration and immigrationSocial aspectsUnited StatesRace relationsElectronic books.Mexican AmericansRace identity.MexicansRace identity.White peopleRace identity.Mexican Americans in popular cultureChicano movement.Stereotypes (Social psychology)Racism973/.046872Bebout Leeauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1041953DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910149453903321Whiteness on the Border2586194UNINA