Book description
Delineating an approach to activism at the intersection of queer rights, immigration rights, and social justice, Queer Migration Politics examines a series of "coalitional moments" in which contemporary activists discover and respond to the predominant rhetoric, imagery, and ideologies that signal a sense of national identity. Karma ChAvez analyzes how…
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Are any of the books I’ve selected International Studies texts? Let’s debate that later! This one was published in a Feminist Media Studies list.
This book illuminates and humanizes the connections between activists working for LGBTQ rights and activists working for immigrant rights. Chávez foregrounds insights from women of color. It was one of the first academic books I read during my doctoral work that helped me understand how to bridge movement insights with political theory while staying committed to the activists I write about.
Chávez takes care in her work, always taking the continuing urgency of the coalitional queer…
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