Home-land : Romanian Roma, domestic spaces and the state /

In contemporary society, passport checks at nation-state borders are accepted. But what if these checks were happening in our own home? This book is the first intimate ethnography of these governing encounters in the home space between Romanian Roma migrants and local frontline workers. Focusing on...

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Main Author: Humphris, Rachel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2019.
Series:Global migration and social change.
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Summary:In contemporary society, passport checks at nation-state borders are accepted. But what if these checks were happening in our own home? This book is the first intimate ethnography of these governing encounters in the home space between Romanian Roma migrants and local frontline workers. Focusing on how the nation-state is reproduced within the home, the book considers what it is like to have your legal staus, your right to 'belong,' judged from your everyday domestic life. In essence, this book is about the divide between state and family, homeland and home and what it means for the new rules of citizenship.
Physical Description:xvi, 239 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1529201926
9781529201925