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ID125912
Title ProperTransnational alienage and foreignness
Other Title Informationdeportees and Foreign Service Officers in Central America
LanguageENG
AuthorMcGuire, Connie ;  Coutin, Susan Bibler
Publication2013.
Summary / Abstract (Note)The literature on transnationalism has emphasised the ways that citizenship practices can transcend borders, for example, enabling migrants to use resources acquired outside of their country of origin to engage politically within it. This literature has not, however, addressed how migrants fall outside of rather than transcend national boundaries. To analyse this condition, we develop the concepts of transnational alienage and foreignness and apply them to the experiences of two groups: (1) US Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) stationed in Central America and Mexico and (2) long-time US residents who were deported to El Salvador. Though positioned quite differently, there are also surprising intersections in FSOs' and deportees' social locations. These intersections shed light on the forms of citizenship and alterity created by the transnational security regimes in which both FSOs and deportees are situated. Our analysis draws on interviews conducted in the US, Mexico and Central America between 2008 and 2010.
`In' analytical NoteIdentities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 20, No.6; Dec 2013: p.689-704
Journal SourceIdentities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 20, No.6; Dec 2013: p.689-704
Key WordsCentral America ;  Transnationalism ;  Citizenship ;  Security ;  Alienage ;  Foreignness