Samuel Delany

Immigrants Out!: The New Nativism and the Anti-Immigrant Impulse in the United States - Critical America Samuel Delany

Jacket Description/Back: 'No one wanting to take a responsible potion in contemporary debates over immigration should miss this book.' -- Martha Minow, Harvard Law School. Review Quotes:"Essential."-"The Nation", Review Quotes:"Another in the excellent "Critical America" series edited by critical race theory scholars Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic (both also contributors to this volume), Perea and co-authors tackle the politically contentious and emotionally charged issue of immgrants and immigration. The contributors are united by a critical persprective on the link between immigration and citizenship, and between citizenship and race. They argue persuasively that nativism is a form of American racism." -"Choice", Review Quotes: ("Another in the excellent "Critical America" series edited by critical race theory scholars Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic (both also contributors to this volume), Perea and co-authors tackle the politically contentious and emotionally charged issue of immgrants and immigration. The contributors are united by a critical persprective on the link between immigration and citizenship, and between citizenship and race. They argue persuasively that nativism is a form of American racism." )-("Choice"), () Review Quotes:"Reading this book reminds me, as few others in a lifetime of reading have done, just why it is that we so love our cities, what we value in them, and why the great ones become so. [Delany is] one of our finest social critics and one of our great writers."-James Sallis, "Rain Taxi"Review Quotes:"Remarkable."-"Salon", Review Quotes:"In a provocative and persuasively argued cri de coeur against New York City's gentrification and the redevelopment of Times Square in the name of 'family values and safety, ' acclaimed science fiction writer Delany proves himself a dazzlingly eloquent and original social commentator. . . . This bracing and well-calibrated blend of journalism, personal history and cultural criticism will challenge readers of every persuasion."-"Publishers Weekly", starred reviewReview Quotes:"Measured but emotional, illuminating but challenging."-"The San Francisco Chronicle", Biographical Note: Juan F. Perea is Professor of Law at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Marc Notes: Announced in cloth at $55.00 papers...1994; Paper at $17.95. Review Quotes:"Another in the excellent "Critical America" series edited by critical race theory scholars Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic (both also contributors to this volume), Perea and co-authors tackle the politically contentious and emotionally charged issue of immgrants and immigration. The contributors are united by a critical persprective on the link between immigration and citizenship, and between citizenship and race. They argue persuasively that nativism is a form of American racism. -"Choice""Publisher Marketing: Nativism - an intense opposition to immigrants and other non-native members of society - has been deeply imbedded in the American character from the earliest days of the nation. Dating from the Alien and Sedition controversy of 1798 to California's recent Proposition 187, nativism has long been a driving force in policy making, a particular irony in a country founded and populated by immigrants. This anthology of original, specially commissioned essays is informed at its core by George Santayana's famous edict that "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Examining the current surge in nativism in light of past waves of anti-immigrant sentiment, the volume takes an unflinchingly critical look at the realities and rhetoric of the new nativism. How does nativism inform our understanding of the Official English movement today? How has the symbolism of the Statue of Liberty evolved since its dedication, and what can she tell us about the American disposition to immigration? What is the relationship between the races of immigrants and the perception of a national immigration crisis? To what extent does today's political discourse resemble past discourse we comfortably identify as nativist? Juan Perea has here assembled a truly interdisciplinary group of contributors to highlight the changing relationship between citizens and immigrants, and the effects of economics, history, and demographics on that relationship. Immigrants Out! provides a needed antidote to the often poisonous attacks on America's most vulnerable. Publisher Marketing: Nativism--an intense opposition to immigrants and other non- native members of society--has been deeply imbedded in the American character from the earliest days of the nation. Correspondingly, nativism, overtly or covertly, has always permeated our national discourse. Dating from the Alien and Sedition controversy of 1798 to California's recent Proposition 187, nativism has long been a driving force in policy making, a particular irony in a country founded and populated by immigrants. This anthology of original essays is informed at its core by George Santayana's famous edict that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Examining the current surge in nativism in light of past waves of anti- immigrant sentiment, the volume takes an unflinchingly critical look at the realities and rhetoric of the new nativism. How can the imprisonment of Japanese-Americans during World War II illuminate our understanding of the English Only movement today? How has the symbolism of the Statue of Liberty evolved since its dedication and what can it tell us about the American disposition to immigration? What is the new nativism? What are the semantic and rhetorical similarities, if any, between the most shrill nativist voices of the present, such as Pat Buchanan's or Peter Brimelow's in his widely publicized book Alien Nation, and National Socialist propaganda in 1930s Germany? Juan Perea has here assembled a truly interdisciplinary group of contributors to emphasize the changing relationship between citizens and immigrants, and the effects of economics, history, and demographics on that relationship. Immigrants Out! provides a needed antidote to the often poisonous attacks on America's most vulnerable. Review Citations:

Library Journal 02/15/1997 pg. 152 (EAN 9780814766422, Paperback)

Library Journal 02/01/1997 (EAN 9780814766422, Paperback)

Library Journal 02/15/1997 pg. 152 (EAN 9780814766279, Hardcover)

Library Journal 02/01/1997 (EAN 9780814766279, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Delany, Samuel Samuel R. Delany is a renowned novelist and critic, whose award-winning fiction includes Atlantic: "Three Tales" (1995) and "The Mad Man" (1994), as well as "Babel-17" (1966), " Nova" (1968) and "Dhalgren" (1975). Winner of the William Whitehead Memorial Award for a lifetime's contribution to gay and lesbian literature, he has been a professor of comparative literature at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for the last decade. Contributor Bio:  Perea, Juan F Juan F. Perea is Professor of Law at the University of Florida in Gainesville.