Bordering intimacy : postcolonial governance and the policing of family / Joe Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Joe, author.

Series:

Theory for a global age

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Borderlands--Social aspects.

Borderlands.

Political geography--Social aspects.

Political geography.

Intimacy (Psychology).

Families--Political aspects.

Families.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xii, 294 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.

Summary:

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. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Domestication

2. Making love, making empire

3. Shams

4. Monsters

5. Deprivation

6. The good migrant

7. Looking back.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1526146967

9781526146960

OCLC:

1120089470