A multidisciplinary review essay of Francisco Cantú’s book "The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border", Vintage, London, 2019

Dürr, Eveline; Whittaker, Catherine ; Benesch, Klaus; Michel, Hannah; Rugel, Agnes und Röder, Brendan (Oktober 2020): A multidisciplinary review essay of Francisco Cantú’s book "The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border", Vintage, London, 2019. Working Paper des Sonderforschungsbereichs 1369 "Vigilanzkulturen", 2020,3

Abstract

What makes this review essay on Francisco Cantúʼs bestselling book on the US-Mexican border regimes uniquely thought-provoking – and, in equal measure, challenging – is the diversity of the disciplines involved and their relationship to the subject matter. Our working groupʼs aim has been to analyze notions of ›subjectivation‹, that is, the process of becoming a subject in relation to practices of vigilance. Thus, our working group explored what different disciplines can gain from reflecting on and analyzing the same text and which aspects of it they consider particularly relevant to ongoing debates on vigilance and subjectivation. What kind of subtexts are brought to light by these divergent readings and what aspects do some disciplines stress that others would not have noticed in such detail?

• Dokumententyp: Paper
• Keywords: Vigilanz; border regime; subjectivation
• Fakultät: Geschichts- und Kunstwissenschaften ; Kulturwissenschaften ; Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften ; Sonderforschungsbereiche > Sonderforschungsbereich 1369: Vigilanzkulturen > Working Papers SFB 1369 Vigilanzkulturen
• Themengebiete: 800 Literatur > 800 Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft ; 800 Literatur > 810 Amerikanische Literatur in Englisch ; 900 Geschichte und Geografie > 970 Geschichte Nordamerikas
• ISBN: 2699-9242
• Ort: München
• Sprache: Englisch
• DFG: Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - 394775490