Immigrants riding for justice: Space-time and emotions in the construction of a counterpublic

Political Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 381-391

  Sziarto, Kristin M ^a   Leitner, Helga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Counterpublic; Emotions; Immigrant rights movement; Public sphere; Social movements; Space time of movement building

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; HEGEMONY; IMMIGRATION POLICY; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649458549     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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