Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America
- ISBN-10
- 1524747165
- ISBN-13
- 9781524747169
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 191
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Author
- Laila Lalami
Description
The author uses her journey from Moroccan immigrant to U.S. citizen as a starting point for an exploration of the rights, liberties, and protections that are traditionally associated with American citizenship. Tapping into history, politics, and literature, she elucidates how accidents of birth - such as national origin, race, or gender - that once determined the boundaries of Americanness still cast their shadows today
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- 2017-11-01
- 147 pages
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- Springer
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