Spectres Of Affinity : The Social Life Of Comparison At A Southeast Asian Border
by Andrew M. Carruthers(Author)
Formats
Hardback/English
USD 69.40
Description
Undocumented immigrants are generally assumed to exhibit clear signs of their so-called outsider status. In the absence of such signs, however, how is the “illegal immigrant” made legible or policed? How might migrants negotiate their statuses as objects of state surveillance by exploiting their similarities or affinities with those who seek them out? Spectres of Affinity explores these issues in the east Malaysian state of Sabah, a scene of some of the largest clandestine cross-border flows in
