ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the theoretical implications of the notion of extraterritoriality (as particularly explored by Siegfried Kracauer), as a central dimension of the experience and conceptualization of exile and its related forms of historical memory. By exploring the notion of a “state of exile” originally articulated by the Uruguayan writer Cristina Peri Rossi in her poetry, the chapter considers the relevance of Kracauer’s notion of extraterritoriality (as a political, geographic, and affective complex) for a critical understanding of the experience of exile across various disciplinary fields.
