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Fencing in Democracy

Border Walls, Necrocitizenship, and the Security State

By: Miguel Díaz-Barriga,Margaret E. Dorsey

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Fencing in Democracy

Border Walls, Necrocitizenship, and the Security State

By: Miguel Díaz-Barriga,Margaret E. Dorsey

Border walls permeate our world, with more than thirty nation-states constructing them. Anthropologists Margaret E. Dorsey and Miguel Díaz-Barriga argue that border wall construction manifests transformations in citizenship practices that are aimed not only at keeping migrants out but also at enmeshing citizens into a wider politics of exclusion. For a decade, the authors studied the U.S.-Mexico border wall constructed by the Department of Homeland Security and observed the political protests and legal challenges that residents mounted in opposition to the wall. In Fencing in Democracy Dorsey and Díaz-Barriga take us to those border communities most affected by the wall and often ignored in national discussions about border security to highlight how the state diminishes citizens' rights. That dynamic speaks to the citizenship experiences of border residents that is indicative of how walls imprison the populations they are built to protect. Dorsey and Díaz-Barriga brilliantly expand conversations about citizenship, the operation of U.S. power, and the implications of border walls for the future of democracy.

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1478007478

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Pachangas

Borderlands Music, U.S. Politics, and Transnational Marketing

By: Margaret E. Dorsey

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Pachangas

Borderlands Music, U.S. Politics, and Transnational Marketing

By: Margaret E. Dorsey

A uniquely Tejano version of the old-fashioned political barbeque, the traditional South Texas pachanga allowed politicians to connect with voters in a relaxed setting where all could enjoy live music and abundant food and drink along with political speeches and dealmaking. Today's pachanga still combines politics, music, and votes—along with a powerful new element. Corporate sponsorships have transformed the pachanga into a major marketing event, replete with celebrity performers and product giveaways, which can be recorded and broadcast on TV or radio to vastly increase the reach of the political—and the commercial—messages. This book explores the growing convergence of politics, transnational marketing, and borderlands music in the South Texas pachanga. Anthropologist Margaret Dorsey has observed some one hundred pachangas and interviewed promoters, politicians, artists, and local people. She investigates how candidates and corporations market their products to Hispanic consumers, as well as how the use of traditional music for marketing is altering traditional forms such as the corrido. Her multifaceted study also shows clearly that the lines of influence run both ways—while corporate culture is transforming the traditions of the border, Tejano voters/consumers only respond to marketing appeals (whether for politicians or products) that resonate with their values and the realities of their lives. Far from being an example of how transnational marketing homogenizes culture, the pachanga demonstrates that local cultures can exert an equally strong influence on multinational corporations.

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Fencing in Democracy

Border Walls, Necrocitizenship, and the Security State

By: Miguel Díaz-Barriga,Margaret E. Dorsey

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Border Walls, Necrocitizenship, and the Security State

By: Miguel Díaz-Barriga,Margaret E. Dorsey

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Pachangas

Borderlands Music, U.S. Politics, and Transnational Marketing

By: Margaret E. Dorsey

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Borderlands Music, U.S. Politics, and Transnational Marketing

By: Margaret E. Dorsey

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