You might also like

More about Exceptional States

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 253 loyalty points

Book synopsis

Exceptional States examines new configurations of marriage, immigration, and sovereignty emerging in an increasingly mobile Asia where Cold War legacies continue to shape contemporary political struggles over sovereignty and citizenship. Focused on marital immigration from China to Taiwan, the book documents the struggles of these women and men as they seek acceptance and recognition in their new home. Through tracing parallels between the predicaments of Chinese marital immigrants and the uncertain future of the Taiwan nation-state, the book shows how intimate attachments and emotional investments infuse the governmental practices of Taiwanese bureaucrats charged with regulating immigration and producing citizenship and sovereignty. Its attention to a group of immigrants whose exceptional status has become necessary to Taiwan's national integrity exposes the social, political, and subjective consequences of life on the margins of citizenship and sovereignty.

Book details

Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Anthropology

• Full title: Exceptional States
• Subtitle: Chinese Immigrants and Taiwanese Sovereignty
• Author: Sara L. Friedman
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 264
• EAN: 9780520286221
• ISBN: 0520286227
• ID: 09284278
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Weight: 454 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 13. October 2015

Trending among others

---

---

---