Refiguring race and risk : counternarratives of care in the US security state /

"Illuminates how writers of color such as Miné Okubo, Sanyika Shakur, Abraham Verghese, and Helena María Viramontes disrupt the racial violence of the contemporary US security state"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wolfson, Roberta (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2024]
Subjects:	Okubo, Miné > Criticism and interpretation. Shakur, Sanyika, > 1963-2021 > Criticism and interpretation. Verghese, Abraham, > 1955- > Criticism and interpretation. Viramontes, Helena María, > 1954- > Criticism and interpretation. American literature > Minority authors > History and criticism. Racism > United States. Violent crimes > United States. National security > United States. Littérature américaine > Auteurs issus des minorités > Histoire et critique. Racisme > États-Unis. Crimes violents > États-Unis.

Table of Contents:

Gangsters at risk : refiguring the threat of urban violence in contemporary gang memoirs
Community in contagion : modeling holistic care in the AIDS medical memoir
Militarized borders, toxic fields : affirming the value of migrant lives in Latinx environmental justice literature
Feeling one's way out of terror : affective guidance in post-9/11 Muslim cultural production
Conclusion: Speculative visions of race and risk : imagining the future of national security.