Abolitionist Intimacies: Queer and Trans Migrants Against the Deportation State
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In Abolitionist Intimacies, Eithne Luibh id examines writings by and about queer- and trans-identified migrants and allies who contest pervasive US immigration practices and work toward a future without detention, deportation, and border controls. Luibh id shows how these migrants and activists confront such controls by mobilizing intimacies--forging close connections in order to survive in the present. From forms of kinship beyond the heterosexual nuclear family to networks of solidarity, intimacies allow queer and trans migrants and allies to challenge the infrastructures that support the deportation state: proposed pathways to citizenship for undocumented migrants; marriage as a means for legalization; traffic interactions as a pipeline to deportation; and queer and trans migrant detention. In the process, activists and theorists have advanced new visions and configurations of possible intimacies that not only challenge deportation but also rework what immigration control and citizenship could mean. By focusing on these abolitionist efforts as well as the publicly available records on queer and trans deportees, Luibh id highlights the new understandings that emerge when the experiences of queer and trans people are centered.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1478031239
ISBN13:9781478031239
Release Date:May 2025
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.98 lbs.
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