Transnational alienage and foreignness

Deportees and Foreign Service Officers in Central America

Bibliographic Data

ID2166899
AuthorsConnie Mcguire (University of California, Irvine, corresponding author), B Coutin (0000-0003-1065-2769, University of California, Irvine, corresponding author), Susan Bibler Coutin
Year2013
Volume20
Issue6
Pages689-704
Publication date2013-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIdentities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1070-289X • E-ISSN: 1547-3384
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1070289x.2013.829773
OpenAlexW2031901859
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited27

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

Citizenship · Economy · Political science · Politics · Service (business · Situated · Sociology · Transnationalism · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Racism, and Human Rights · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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