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Homeland Insecurities, Canadian Association for American Studies Conference (University of New Brunswick)

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Homeland Insecurities, Canadian Association for American Studies Conference (University of New Brunswick)

October 21, 2016 - October 23, 2016

Homeland Insecurities
2016 Canadian Association for American Studies Conference

Fredericton, New Brunswick, October 21-23 2016

Neoliberalism has ushered in new forms of global insecurity, which instill in American citizens the desire for enforced security. Through tightened border controls, antiterrorism laws, the expansion of the prison system, the war on drugs, and other measures, the U.S. government both provokes and assuages American insecurities about imagined and real terrors, both foreign and domestic. Often, these measures erode welfare institutions that actually provide a degree of safety against economic and social uncertainty, thereby perpetuating a vicious cycle intrinsic to neoliberalism’s creative destruction.

What are the origins of the insecurity state, and how has it shaped American culture? More broadly, what does it mean to imagine the United States as a secure homeland? Can non-indigenous Americans ever feel at home in North America without inventing abject social categories meant to contain their insecurities?

Further information here: http://www.unb.ca/conferences/homelandinsecurities/index.html

 

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Start:
October 21, 2016
End:
October 23, 2016
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