Metis, migrants, and the autonomy of migration

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ID5114946
AuthorsMarina Kaneti (0000-0002-5553-9949, New School, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume19
Issue6-7
Pages620-633
Publication date2015-08-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCitizenship Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13621025.2015.1053795
OpenAlexW2214157383
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

This paper interweaves an ancient conceptualization of movement and mobility with the paradigmatic case of early twentieth-century Chinese migration to the USA in order to explore migrants’ ability to both re-interpret institutional control of movement and generate identities that garner institutional and community acceptance. By not ‘settling’ migrants into the discourse of (undocumented) immigrants, the paper (i) develops a framework for the study of migrants–state interactions that goes beyond claims to citizenship and demands for rights and (ii) explores practices and means through which migrants gain access to restricted territories and maintain presence in otherwise unwelcoming communities. The paper argues that such practices explicate the autonomy of migration: a phenomenon that is constitutive to processes of political transformation and is critical to the study of state sovereignty, citizenship rights, and political agency

Autonomy · Citizenship · Conceptualization · Immigration · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Sovereignty · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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