Abstract
This paper examines how discrepant governmental rationalities and processes produce friction and shifting experiences of subjectification as transmigrants cross borders. Using the experiences of mainland Chinese marriage migrants in Singapore as an example, the paper explores the notion of ‘transgovernmental friction’ and how it reinforces state boundaries, reshapes body politics, and animates waiting as an active practice that transforms migrant subjectivities. Locating the workings of governmentality, mobility, and space in the domain of transnational marriage and family, the paper brings to light the friction and crevices of governmental processes across borders and the embodied politics of im/mobility.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 229-246 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Environment and Planning D: Society and Space |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 1 Apr 2015 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Funding for the research project was provided by the Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund (MOE AcRF Tier 2 Grant No: T208A4103).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 SAGE Publications.
Keywords
- Friction
- Gender
- Governmentality
- Marriage
- Mobility
- Waiting
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Dr Juan Zhang
- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology - Senior Lecturer
- Migration Mobilities Bristol
- Bristol Poverty Institute
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