Borders are the conditions of possibility for interstitial identities like mixed race formations
Evidence
In a creative reading of various bodies of literature, Claudia Milian Arias analyzes the ways in which borders - physical and geographical, metaphysical and metaphorical, philosophical and linguistic - fashion interlocking identities. She reveals how these bordered identities create selves that are inscribed racially, sexually, culturally, and linguistically. These selves, she suggests, dialogue with what become “other” borderlands, other identities marked by distinct boundaries. She is particularly interested to show how borders are thus the conditions of possibility for interstitial identities such as mixed race formations. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2245 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Borders generate new hierarchies of belonging shaped by immigration control — Luke de Noronha, The conviviality of the overpoliced,…, 31; Borders function as the enabling condition for mixed-race and interstitial identities — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2245; Racisms against distinct groups blend and combine without fixed borders. (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Borders function as the enabling condition for mixed-race and interstitial identities
#corroborates(0.98) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2245 - Racisms hybridize across racialized groups rather than staying within fixed boundaries
#complicates(0.78) - Racisms against distinct groups blend and combine without fixed borders.
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