Feminism after 9/11: Women’s Bodies as Cultural and Political Threat (Breaking Feminist Waves)

This Book Is About Social Phenomena That Directly Acknowledge The Structures And Ideologies Emerging After September 11, 2001. It Considers How These Structures And Ideologies Manage, Control, And Contain Specific Bodies With Respect To Race/ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality, And Citizenship Status. Inflections Presented Via 9/11 Come Into Play Against A Backdrop Shaped By Established Patterns Of Behavior And Attitudes Toward Women And Particular Groups Of People Within An American Landscape. As A Result, Existing Notions Of Threat Combine With 9/11 Inflections To Shape A Specific Conception Of Threat In A Context After 9/11, And Within This Context, A Feminism After 9/11 Emerges. This Contextualized Feminism Would Have To Develop Its Analysis Within The Frame Of A Society Fundamentally Altered By The Events Of 9/11, Including Its Ideological Aftermath, By Foregrounding Pertinent Social Categories As They Interplay With Women's Bodies.-- Publisher's Description. 1 Women's Bodies And Feminism After 9/11 -- 2 The Gendered And Radicalized Threat Of First Lady Michelle Obama -- 3 Gender, Race/ethnicity, Citizenship, And Justice Sonia Sotomayor -- 4 Race, Gender, Sexuality, And The Threat Of Anchor/terror Babies -- 5 Sexual(ized) Terrorist Threats In A 9/11 Era -- 6 (trans)gender Threats In A 9/11 Era -- 7 The War On Women And The 9/11 Project. Carmen R. Lugo-lugo, Mary K. Bloodsworth-lugo. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 155-156) And Index. "Acknowledgements"--"Contents"--"Chapter 1 Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Bodies and Feminism â#x80;#x9C;Afterâ#x80;#x9D; 9/11" -- "Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Bodies as 9/11 Threat" -- "Outlining the 9/11 Project" -- "The White Racial Frame, Systemic Gendered Racism, and the 9/11 Project" -- "Intersectional Feminism" -- "Feminism and U.S. Security in a 9/11 Era" -- "Focusing on 9/11 and the Reification Question" -- "Chapter Progression" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 2 The Gendered and Racialized Threat of First Lady Michelle Obama" -- "Black Female Bodies and Historical Representations" -- "The Historical First Lady and the First Black First Lady" -- "Michelle Obamaâ#x80;#x99;s Body and Mediating Stereotypes" -- "Reconfiguring the Mammy" -- "Reconfiguring the Jezebel" -- "Conclusion: â#x80;#x9C;I Want to Kill Herâ#x80;#x9D;" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 3 Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Citizenship, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor" -- "The â#x80;#x9C;Wise Latinaâ#x80;#x9D; Comment" -- "Sotomayor and the 9/11 Project" -- "Sotomayorâ#x80;#x99;s Temperament Problem" -- "Sotomayor as Immigrant" -- "Sotomayor as Foreigner" -- "Sotomayor as Non-White" -- "The Case of Elena Kagan" -- "Conclusion: â#x80;#x9C;Violent Puerto Rican Terroristsâ#x80;#x9D;" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 4 Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Threat of â#x80;#x9C;Anchor/Terror Babiesâ#x80;#x9D;" -- "Immigrants as Terrorist(ic) Threats" -- "Immigrants as Gender Neutral and Terrorists as Men" -- "Public Rhetoric and the â#x80;#x9C;Terrorâ#x80;#x9D; of Latina Immigrants" -- "Baby (Terrorist) Threats" -- "Conclusion: A Country Terrorized by Babies" -- "Works Cited" -- "Chapter 5 Sexual(ized) Terrorist Threats in an Age of Marriage Equality" -- "Threatening Gayness and the Cold War as Historical Backdrop" -- "Same-Sex Couples/Marriage and 9/11 Terrorist Conflations" -- "9/11 Inflections and Gay Bodies: Example 1" -- "9/11 Inflections and Gay Bodies: Example 2" -- "Conclusion: The (Terrorist) Threat of Same-Sex Couples/Marriage." Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Women’s Bodies and Feminism “After” 9/11 (Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, Carmen Rosally Lugo-Lugo)....Pages 1-23 The Gendered and Racialized Threat of First Lady Michelle Obama (Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, Carmen Rosally Lugo-Lugo)....Pages 25-45 Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Citizenship, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor (Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, Carmen Rosally Lugo-Lugo)....Pages 47-68 Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Threat of “Anchor/Terror Babies” (Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, Carmen Rosally Lugo-Lugo)....Pages 69-89 Sexual(ized) Terrorist Threats in an Age of Marriage Equality (Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, Carmen Rosally Lugo-Lugo)....Pages 91-112 (Trans)Gender Threats in a 9/11 Era (Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, Carmen Rosally Lugo-Lugo)....Pages 113-135 The “War on Women” and the 9/11 Project (Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, Carmen Rosally Lugo-Lugo)....Pages 137-154 Back Matter ....Pages 155-161