ABSTRACT
This book brings an intersectional perspective to border studies, drawing on case studies from across the world to consider the ways in which notably gender and race dynamics change the ways in which people cross international borders, and how diffuse and virtual borders impact on migrants' experiences.
By bringing together 11 ethnographies, the book demonstrates the necessity for in-depth empirical research to understand the class, gender and race inequalities that shape contemporary borders. In doing so the volume sheds light on how migration control produces gendered violence at physical borders but also through the politics of vulnerability across borders and social boundaries. It places embodied narratives at the heart of the analysis which sheds light on the agency and the many patterns of resistance of migrants themselves.
As such, it will appeal to scholars of migration and diaspora studies with interests in gender.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|54 pages
Conceptualising and questioning the politics of vulnerability across borders
chapter 1|18 pages
Fooled by a mirage
chapter 2|18 pages
Crossing the borders of intimacy
chapter 3|16 pages
Silencing queer asylum seekers within the French reception system
part II|69 pages
Resisting violence
chapter 5|16 pages
Between violence and power to act
chapter 6|16 pages
Gendered insecurities
chapter 7|17 pages
A migration journey between vulnerability and agency
part III|79 pages
Migrants' gendered agency across social boundaries