making america key terms

an imagined political community that is both limited and sovereign

nation

intense dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries (fear of the Other)

xenophobia

intense dislike of or prejudice against islam or muslim

islamophobia

a field of study that explores the ways in which the west, including the US and europe, has defined itself against an exotic eastern other

Orientalism

the dynamic relationship between the printing press and emerging markets that catered to regional vernacular/dialects

print capitalism

in 1941, franklin delano roosevelt signed executive order 9066, authorizing the military to incarcerate japanese americans in prison camps

japanese american incarceration

a set of immigration laws that dramatically reduced the number of asian immigrants from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century

asian exclusion

narrator who for any reason lacks credibility with the audience and is often told from first person

unreliable narrator

a field of study that explores the cultural legacies of imperialism

post-colonial studies

critical framework that accounts for the social categories that make up modern identity politics

intersectionality