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What drives the cycle of backlashes against women's on-going struggle for equality, freedom, and inclusion in American politics? In her innovative and provocative book, Suspect Citizens, Jocelyn Boryczka presents a feminist conceptual history that shows how American politics have largely defined women in terms of their reproductive and socializing functions. This moral framework not only denies women full citizenship, but also devalues the active political engagement of all citizens who hold each other and their government under suspicion. Using the gendered notions of virtue and vice, Boryczka exposes the paradox of how women are perceived as virtuous moral guardians and vice-ridden suspect citizens capable of jeopardizing the entire nation's exceptional future. Shifting from virtue and vice to a democratic feminist ethics, Suspect Citizens advances a politics of collective responsibility and belonging.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political control & freedoms

• Full title: Suspect Citizens
• Subtitle: Women, Virtue, and Vice in Backlash Politics
• Author: Jocelyn M. Boryczka
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 216
• EAN: 9781439908938
• ID: 05076081
• Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Weight: 499 g
• Dimensions: 210 × 140 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 27. July 2012

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