The Border Reader

<i>The Border Reader</i> brings together canonical and cutting-edge humanities and social science scholarship on the US-Mexico border region. Spotlighting the vibrancy of border studies from the field's emergence to its enduring significance the essays mobilize feminist queer and critical ethnic studies perspectives to theorize the border as a site of epistemic rupture and knowledge production. The chapters speak to how borders exist as regions where people and nation-states negotiate power citizenship and questions of empire. Among other topics these essays examine the lived experiences of the diverse undocumented people who move through and live in the border region; trace the gendered and sexualized experiences of the border; show how the US-Mexico border has become a site of illegality where immigrant bodies become racialized and excluded; and imagine anti- and post-border futures. Foregrounding the interplay of scholarly inquiry and political urgency stemming from the borderlands <i>The Border Reader</i> presents a unique cross section of critical interventions on the region.<br><br>Contributors. Leisy J. Abrego Gloria E. Anzaldúa Martha Balaguera Lionel Cantú Leo R. Chavez Raúl Fernández Rosa-Linda Fregoso Roberto G. Gonzales Gilbert G. González Ramón Gutiérrez Kelly Lytle Hernández José E. Limón Mireya Loza Alejandro Lugo Eithne Luibhéid Martha Menchaca Cecilia Menjívar Natalia Molina Fiamma Montezemolo Américo Paredes Néstor Rodríguez Renato Rosaldo Gilberto Rosas María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo Sonia Saldívar-Hull Alicia Schmidt Camacho Sayak Valencia Triana Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez Patricia Zavella