Shifting Positionalities: The Local and International Geo-Politics of Surveillance and Policing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781443814416)

Maria-Amelia Viteri is a native of Ecuador with a PhD in Cultural Anthropology, currently working on a book that looks at the intersections of migration, citizenship, gender and sexuality in El Salvador, Ecuador and the US. Dr. Viteri speaks from a situated space as a transnational herself, teaching and researching between the geo-political spaces of the US (Catholic University, Washington D.C.) and FLACSO/Ecuador (Latin American School for the Study of Social Sciences). She has recently incorporated performance and cultural studies as additional tools for cultural activism. Aaron Tobler is a doctoral candidate with the Department of Anthropology at American University, Washington, D.C. His dissertation research surrounds the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., and issues of sexuality, discourse and the state. Recent publications include: 'We do General Policing': Sexuality in the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit of the Metropoltian Police Department, Washington, DC in the Graduate Journal of Social Science and 'A 20/20 Focus on Gaydar': Examinations of Sexuality in Television News Magazines in the NeoAmericanist online journal.