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

278 Pages·2019·3.654 MB·English

by  R. Andrés Guzmán

U n i v e r s a l C i t i z e n s h i p
B o r d e r H i s p a n i s m s
Jon Beasley-M urray, Alberto Moreiras, and
Gareth Williams, series editors
U N I V E R S A L
C I T I Z E N S H I P
Latina/o Studies at
the Limits of Identity
———
R. Andrés Guzmán
University of Texas Press
Austin
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Guzmán, R. Andrés (Ricardo Andrés), author.
Title: Universal citizenship : Latina/o studies at the limits of identity / R. Andrés
Guzmán.
Other titles: Border Hispanisms.
Description: First edition. | Austin : University of Texas Press, 2019. | Series:
Border Hispanisms | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018012489 | ISBN 978-1-4773-1762-4 (cloth : alk. paper) |
ISBN 978-1-4773-1763-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 978-1-4773-1764-8
(library e-book) | ISBN 978-1-4773-1765-5 (nonlibrary e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: World citizenship. | Group identity. | Identity politics. |
Immigration enforcement.
Classification: LCC JZ1320.4 .G89 2019 | DDC 323.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018012489
doi:10.7560/317624
For Michael Thor, the real superhero
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C o n t e n t s
Acknowledgments | ix
Introduction: Universal Citizenship at the
Limits of Nature and Culture | 1
1. Cause and Consistency: The Democratic Act,
Universal Citizenship, and Nation | 23
2. Ethnics of the Real: HB 2281 and the Alien(ated) Subject | 57
3. Criminalization at the Edge of the Evental Site: Migrant “Illegality,”
Universal Citizenship, and the 2006 Immigration Marches | 96
4. Oscar “Zeta” Acosta and Generic Politics: At the
Margins of Identity and Law | 128
5. Between Crowd and Group: Fantasy, Revolutionary Nation,
and the Politics of the Not- All | 157
Notes | 193
Bibliography | 239
Index | 257
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A c k n ow l e d g m e n t s
The journey toward completing this book has been a long one, and I
have gladly accumulated many debts along the way. First and foremost, I
would like to thank Bram Acosta for his encouragement, mentorship, and
friendship. From my time as a graduate student until now, Bram has been
a constant source of guidance and support, not to mention the fact that
this project would have been unimaginable to me without his own teach-
ing and work. Javier Durán, Laura Gutiérrez, and Carlos Gallego helped
me through the first phase of this project, when it was still a dissertation,
and I would like to thank them for being exemplary teachers and scholars
whose great impact continues to persist. Seminars I took with Malcolm
Compitello, Miranda Joseph, and Spike Peterson also had a significant
influence on my thinking and my research. From my time at Arizona, I
would also like to thank Sara Beaudrie, Armando Chávez Rivera, Juli-
ana Freire, Isela González, Rosario Hall, Miluska Martínez, Guillermo
Martínez- Sotelo, Araceli Masterson, Roberto Mendoza, Maribel Moreno,
Mary Portillo, Andy Rajca, Eva Romero, Cory Schott, Beatriz Urrea, and
Mercy Valente. A special thanks to the borderólogos Ale Barajas, Willie
Costley, Bea Jiménez, Daniela Johannes, and Jamie Wilson.
At Indiana University, I have had the fortune of having Patrick Dove
as a mentor, colleague, and friend. I cannot thank Patrick enough for all
of his professional and personal support and generosity. Abdul Aijaz,
Anke Birkenmaier, Purnima Bose, Deborah Cohn, Manuel Díaz-C ampos,
Melissa Dinverno, Hamid Ekbia, Ryan Giles, Shane Greene, Nick Greven,
Edgar Illas, Gaëlle Le Calvez, Mintzi Martínez-R ivera, Alejandro Mejías-
López, Kate Myers, Luciana Namorato, John Nieto-P hillips, Jonathan