{"product_id":"grandmothers-on-guard-jennifer-johnson-9781477322758","title":"Grandmothers on Guard: Gender, Aging, and the Minutemen at the Us-Mexico Border","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor about a decade, one of the most influential forces in US anti-immigrant politics was the Minuteman Project. The armed volunteers made headlines patrolling the southern border. What drove their ethno-nationalist politics?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer L. Johnson spent hundreds of hours observing and interviewing Minutemen, hoping to answer that question. She reached surprising conclusions. While the public face of border politics is hypermasculine--men in uniforms, fatigues, and suits--older women were central to the Minutemen. Women mobilized support and took part in border missions. These women compel us to look beyond ideological commitments and material benefits in seeking to understand the appeal of right-wing politics. Johnson argues that the women of the Minutemen were motivated in part by the gendered experience of aging in America. In a society that makes old women irrelevant, aging white women found their place through anti-immigrant activism, which wedded native politics to their concern for the safety of their families. \u003ci\u003eGrandmothers on Guard\u003c\/i\u003e emphasizes another side of nationalism: the yearning for inclusion. The nation the Minutemen imagined was not only a space of exclusion but also one in which these women could belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477322752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477322758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2022","brand":"Jennifer Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43986578637055,"sku":"9781477322758","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9d6fe682-7a52-44f8-8689-ae24a1cf3a5b.jpg?v=1683284182","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/grandmothers-on-guard-jennifer-johnson-9781477322758","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}