Amy L Brandzel
Biographic Data
| ID | 147035 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy L Brandzel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy L |
| FAMILY NAME | Brandzel |
| SIGNATURE | BRANDZEL A L |
| AFFILIATIONS | American Studies and Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Act up against citizenship
In this short essay, Brandzel cautions scholars as to how their scholarship might inadvertently reproduce the violent operations of citizenship. Focusing on over thirty articles from this journal that deploy Engin Isin’s framework of ‘acts of citizenship’ as an example, Brandzel points towards a troubling trend of calling practices, identities, or behaviors as an ‘act of citizenship’ without qualifying why citizenship is the appropriate framework…
Against Citizenship
Numerous activists and scholars have appealed for rights, inclusion, and justice in the name of “citizenship.” This book shows that there is nothing redeemable about citizenship, nothing worth salvaging or sustaining in the name of “community” practice, or belonging. According to the book, citizenship is a violent dehumanizing mechanism that makes the comparative devaluing of human lives seem commonsensical, logical, and even necessary. The book …
The Subjects of Survival
You look better with hair. This was my grandmother's response when she saw me shortly after had completed chemotherapy. And because she was dealing with Alzheimer's disease, this observation was repeated each time she saw me. My mother was worried that if showed up my grandmother's front door with a bald head, it would necessarily burden my grandmother with the requisite anxiety and fear that might be dying of cancer. But my grandmother was far t…
Homo Phobias
Haunted by Citizenship
Race, Violence, and Terror
Race, Violence, and TerrorThe Cultural Defensibility of Heteromasculine Citizenship in the Virginia Tech Massacre and the Don Imus Affair amy l. brandzel (bio) and jigna desai (bio) You had everything you wanted. Your Mercedes wasn't enough, you brats. Your golden necklaces weren't enough, you snobs. Your trust fund wasn't enough. Your vodka and cognac weren't enough. All your debaucheries weren't enough. Those weren't enough to fulfill your hedo…
Queering Citizenship
Research Article| April 01 2005 QUEERING CITIZENSHIP?: Same-Sex Marriage and the State Amy L. Brandzel Amy L. Brandzel Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (2005) 11 (2): 171–204. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-11-2-171 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Amy L. Brandzel; QUEERING CITIZENSHIP?: Same-Sex Marriage and the State. GLQ 1 April 2005; 11 (2): 171–2…
Queering Citizenship
Research Article| April 01 2005 QUEERING CITIZENSHIP?: Same-Sex Marriage and the State Amy L. Brandzel Amy L. Brandzel Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (2005) 11 (2): 171–204. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-11-2-171 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Amy L. Brandzel; QUEERING CITIZENSHIP?: Same-Sex Marriage and the State. GLQ 1 April 2005; 11 (2): 171–2…
Haunted by Citizenship
Race, Violence, and Terror
Race, Violence, and TerrorThe Cultural Defensibility of Heteromasculine Citizenship in the Virginia Tech Massacre and the Don Imus Affair amy l. brandzel (bio) and jigna desai (bio) You had everything you wanted. Your Mercedes wasn't enough, you brats. Your golden necklaces weren't enough, you snobs. Your trust fund wasn't enough. Your vodka and cognac weren't enough. All your debaucheries weren't enough. Those weren't enough to fulfill your hedo…
Queering Citizenship
Research Article| April 01 2005 QUEERING CITIZENSHIP?: Same-Sex Marriage and the State Amy L. Brandzel Amy L. Brandzel Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (2005) 11 (2): 171–204. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-11-2-171 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Amy L. Brandzel; QUEERING CITIZENSHIP?: Same-Sex Marriage and the State. GLQ 1 April 2005; 11 (2): 171–2…
Race, Violence, and Terror
Race, Violence, and TerrorThe Cultural Defensibility of Heteromasculine Citizenship in the Virginia Tech Massacre and the Don Imus Affair amy l. brandzel (bio) and jigna desai (bio) You had everything you wanted. Your Mercedes wasn't enough, you brats. Your golden necklaces weren't enough, you snobs. Your trust fund wasn't enough. Your vodka and cognac weren't enough. All your debaucheries weren't enough. Those weren't enough to fulfill your hedo…
Homo Phobias
Haunted by Citizenship
Against Citizenship
Numerous activists and scholars have appealed for rights, inclusion, and justice in the name of “citizenship.” This book shows that there is nothing redeemable about citizenship, nothing worth salvaging or sustaining in the name of “community” practice, or belonging. According to the book, citizenship is a violent dehumanizing mechanism that makes the comparative devaluing of human lives seem commonsensical, logical, and even necessary. The book …
The Subjects of Survival
You look better with hair. This was my grandmother's response when she saw me shortly after had completed chemotherapy. And because she was dealing with Alzheimer's disease, this observation was repeated each time she saw me. My mother was worried that if showed up my grandmother's front door with a bald head, it would necessarily burden my grandmother with the requisite anxiety and fear that might be dying of cancer. But my grandmother was far t…
Act up against citizenship
In this short essay, Brandzel cautions scholars as to how their scholarship might inadvertently reproduce the violent operations of citizenship. Focusing on over thirty articles from this journal that deploy Engin Isin’s framework of ‘acts of citizenship’ as an example, Brandzel points towards a troubling trend of calling practices, identities, or behaviors as an ‘act of citizenship’ without qualifying why citizenship is the appropriate framework…
Sociology (6 works) · Citizenship (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)