Universal Citizenship: Latina/o Studies at the Limits of Identity

by R. Andrés Guzmán

Book Overview

Recently, many critics have questioned the idea of universal citizenship by pointing to the racial, class, and gendered exclusions on which the notion of universality rests. Rather than jettison the idea of universal citizenship, however, R. Andr s Guzm n builds on these critiques to reaffirm it especially within the fields of Latina/o and ethnic studies. Beyond conceptualizing citizenship as an outcome of recognition and admittance by the nation-state--in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477317627
• ISBN13: 9781477317624
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"