Oriental Bodies - Discourse and Discipline in U.s. Immigration Policy, 1875-1942

Informationen zum Autor James A. Tyner is Professor of Geography at Kent State University, Ohio. His research operates at the intersection of political and population geography with a focus on war, violence and genocide. He is the author of 13 books, including War, Violence, and Population (2009) which received the AAG Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Contribution to Geography and Iraq, Terror, and the Philippines' Will to War (2007) which received the Julian Minghi Award for Outstanding Contribution to Political Geography. Klappentext Oriental Bodies charts the discursive transformations of U.S. immigration policy between 1875 and 1942. Drawing from American foreign policy, identity politics, post-structuralism, post-colonialism, and feminist theory, this fascinating study seeks to examine the construction of 'Oriental bodies' within the emergence of U.S. immigration policy and explores how these constructions served political, social, and economic interests. Zusammenfassung Charts the discursive transformations of US immigration policy between 1875 and 1942. Drawing from American foreign policy! identity politics! post-structuralism! post-colonialism! and feminist theory! this study seeks to examine the construction of Oriental bodies within the emergence of US immigration policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 "The Dark Speck Upon the Horizon" Chapter 3 "They Never Cease Being Japanese" Chapter 4 "That Place is the Orient" Chapter 5 The Future of Immigration

Product details

• Authors: James A. Tyner, Tyner James A.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.02.2006
• EAN: 9780739112977
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1297-7
• No. of pages: 128
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Central / national / federal government policies, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, Central government policies, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples