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The Production of Culprits

"From Deportability to Detainability in the Aftermath of "Homeland Security

Bibliographic Data

ID4524734
AuthorsN De Genova (0000-0003-2587-4073, Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume11
Issue5
Pages421-448
Publication date2007-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCitizenship Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13621020701605735
OpenAlexW2053327760
LanguageEN
Citations received126
References cited53

In the aftermath of the events of September 11, 2001, the virtually instantaneous hegemony of a metaphysics of antiterrorism has radically reconfigured the politics of race, immigration, and citizenship in the United States. In the extended historical moment beginning with the United States' proclamation of a planetary “War on Terrorism” and encompassing our (global) political present, the US sociopolitical order has been racked by several interlocking crises—convulsively careening between heightened demands on citizenship and the erosion of civil liberties, imperial ambition and nativist parochialism, extravagant domestic law enforcement and global lawlessness. In relation to the parallel but contradictory hegemonic projects of “American” national identity and attachment, on the one hand, and the expansion or refortification of US empire, on the other, the cumulative crisis-as-opportunity for US nationalism that has ensued is replete with unpredictable dilemmas and unresolved possibilities for both citizens and denizens alike. This essay examines significant new deployments of migrant “illegality” as this sociopolitical condition has been significantly reconfigured in the United States in the aftermath of the proclamation of a purported War on Terrorism, and the concomitant implementation of draconian police powers domestically that the author calls the Homeland Security State

Citizenship · Hegemony · Homeland · Lawlessness · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Proclamation · Sociology · Terrorism · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

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