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THIS IS MY COUNTRY:
THE USE OF BLACKNESS IN DISCOURSES OF RACIAL NATIVISM
TOWARDS LATINO IMMIGRANTS
by
Chrisshonna Grant Nieva
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(AMERICAN STUDIES AND ETHNICITY)
December 2011
Copyright 2011 Chrisshonna Grant Nieva
Object Description
| Title | This is my country: the use of blackness in discourses of racial nativism towards latino immigrants |
| Author | Nieva, Chrisshonna Grant |
| Author email | cgrant@usc.edu;cgnieva@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | American Studies and Ethnicity |
| School | College of Letters, Arts And Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-05-10 |
| Date submitted | 2011-09-02 |
| Date approved | 2011-09-06 |
| Restricted until | 2011-09-06 |
| Date published | 2011-09-06 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Pulido, Laura |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Sanchez, George Saito, Leland Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette |
| Abstract | This is My Country: The Use of Blackness in Discourses of Racial Nativism Towards Latino Immigrants interrogates the use of blackness in anti-immigrant discourses in Los Angeles, California. Through content analysis of various media (including newspapers, television news, radio shows, blogs, and more) this dissertation examines three different Los Angeles Black public figures to illustrate how blackness is used within arguments about how Latino immigration allegedly negatively impacts Blacks. In these arguments I trace how particular emotions are attached to different claims about immigration which consequently create an increased gap between the emotional response (towards immigration) and the reality behind the arguments made about the impact of immigration (on Blacks and America). The goal of the project is to illustrate how blackness and emotion work together to widen the gap between fiction and reality regarding the impact of Latino immigration. In this dissertation I argue that the political move– in which blackness is/becomes an important component in anti-Latino discourses and agendas— is 1) on the one hand an extension of a white hegemonic order in which racialized others are argued to be the cause of social problems while 2) at the same time a new creative turn in whiteness where blackness becomes an important visible instrument in promoting racial nativism. In addition, I argue that emotion plays a central role in promoting racialized nativism. |
| Keyword | blackness; nativism; immigrants; immigration; race relations; black; Latino; African-American; anti-immigrant; anti-immigration; racial nativism; emotion; los angeles; anti-Latino |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Nieva, Chrisshonna Grant |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume71/etd-NievaChris-280.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | THIS IS MY COUNTRY: THE USE OF BLACKNESS IN DISCOURSES OF RACIAL NATIVISM TOWARDS LATINO IMMIGRANTS by Chrisshonna Grant Nieva A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (AMERICAN STUDIES AND ETHNICITY) December 2011 Copyright 2011 Chrisshonna Grant Nieva |
