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‘Wandering and settled tribes’: biopolitics, citizenship, and the racialized migrant
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posted on 2023-06-09, 03:00 authored by Robert TopinkaThis paper argues that purportedly outdated racial categories continue to resonate in contemporary forms of racialization. I examine the use of metaphors of rootedness and shadows by a contemporary UK migrant advocacy organization and its allies to justify migrant regularization and manage illicit circulation. I argue that the distinction between rooted and rootless peoples draws on the colonial and racial distinctions between wandering and settled peoples. Contemporary notions of citizenship continue to draw upon and activate racial forms of differentiation. Citizenship is thus part of a form of racial governance that operates not only along biological but also social and cultural lines, infusing race into the structures, practices, and techniques of governance.
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Citizenship StudiesISSN
1362-1025Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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3-4Volume
20Page range
444-456Department affiliated with
- Media and Film Publications
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2016-09-21First Open Access (FOA) Date
2017-05-20First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2016-09-21Usage metrics
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