Bordering Intimacy Postcolonial Governance and the Policing of Family
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Joe Turner is a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of York<p>'<i>Bordering intimacy</i> is an exceptional and timely analysis that does not just intervene in debates regarding immigration and citizenship, but sets an agenda for centring the family within these and much broader sociopolitical discussions of race, Britishness and liberal humanism.'<br />James Trafford, <i>Sociology</i><br /><br />'Joe Turner’s fascinating book provides a compelling and timely analysis of the relationship between familial intimacy and the historical evolution of borders in Britain.'<br />Sara Marino, <i>Border Criminologies</i><br /><br />'Turner’s book is both extraordinary scholarship and an unparalleled contribution at this critical juncture. All of our lives are profoundly affected by ‘family’, racial logics and the conceptual, juridical and territorial "bordering" power of states. Yet understanding these in relation is a prohibitive task given the complexities of each and their dispersion in knowledge silos. Skilfully and accessibly, Turner merges disparate areas of inquiry – imperial/colonial histories, intimate "family" relations, racial states, biosecurity regimes, migration/border politics – into an unprecedented but urgently needed "conversation" that illuminates crises of personal/national/global significance.'<br />V. Spike Peterson, Professor of International Relations, University of Arizona</p>
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Bordering intimacy explores the interconnected role of borders and dominant forms of family intimacy in the governance of postcolonial states. Combining a historical investigation with postcolonial, decolonial and black feminist theory, the book reveals how the border policies of the British and other European empires have been reinvented for the twenty-first century through appeals to protect and sustain ‘family life’ – appeals that serve to justify and obfuscate the continued organisation of racialised violence. The book examines the continuity of colonial rule in numerous areas of contemporary government, including family visa regimes, the policing of ‘sham marriages’, counterterror strategies, deprivation of citizenship, policing tactics and integration policy.
An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.
Introduction: bordering intimacy
1 Domestication
2 Making love, making empire
3 Shams
4 Monsters
5 Deprivation
6 The good migrant
7 Looking back
Conclusion: pasts and presents
Index
‘Turner’s book is both extraordinary scholarship and an unparalleled contribution at this critical juncture. It skilfully merges disparate areas of inquiry – imperial/colonial histories, intimate "family" relations, racial states, biosecurity regimes, migration/border politics – into an unprecedented but urgently needed "conversation" that illuminates crises of personal/national/global significance.’
V. Spike Peterson, Professor of International Relations, University of Arizona
They say that love has no borders. But in the twenty-first century, being in love, or more specifically having a family life, is increasingly done at the discretion of immigration regimes. This book explores the role played by the concept of ‘family’ in border control – where it came from and how it functions today.
Drawing on historical and contemporary cases, the book demonstrates how dominant forms of familial intimacy informed the development of borders under European empire. Employing postcolonial, decolonial and black feminist theory, it addresses contemporary concerns regarding the politics of borders, mobility and citizenship by situating these processes in histories of colonial racism and sexuality, from slavery to the present day. Struggles over who is recognisable as ‘family’ or who is capable of ‘real love’ continue to structure attitudes to belonging, control and even life and death. As the book shows, Eurocentric conceptions of ‘family’ are bound up with the reproduction of colonial power.
Bordering intimacy will appeal to anyone engaged with the ongoing legacies of colonial power and race. It contributes to key public and scholarly debates on mobility and borders across international sociology, politics, international relations and political geography.