American Otherness in Journalism: News Media Representations of Identity and Belonging [Paperback]

Acknowledgements

Introduction: American Otherness and the Un-melted Pot

Part I: Threat Assessment

Chapter 1: The Indeterminate Others

John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo, the Beltway Snipers

Chapter 2: Citizen Other

The Binghamton Immigrant Services Center Shooting and the Foreign Asian Perpetrator

Chapter 3: The Other in Sheeps Clothing

The Times Square Bomber and the Homegrown Terrorist

Part II: Earned Americanness

Chapter 4: The Exemplary Others

Dream Act Exemplars and Latine Immigrants

Chapter 5: President Other

Barack Obama, the Birther Debate, and the Killing of Osama bin Laden

Chapter 6: The Posthumous Other

Breonna Taylor and Black Lives Matter

Part III: American Hate and Protest in the Post-Truth Era

Chapter 7: The Other Shades of White

Protesters and Counterprotesters at Charlottesvilles Unite the Right

Chapter 8: The Other Patriot

Colin Kaepernick and the NFL Anthem Protests

Chapter 9: The Other Victims

Asian American Immigrant Victims of the Atlanta Spa Shootings

Conclusion: Two Reckonings, Five Ways Forward

Appendix A: Methodology

Index

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