The Sexual Politics of Border Control

The Sexual Politics of Border Control explores how sexuality is used to control movement, intersecting with racial capitalism, imperialism, and settler colonialism. It includes contributions from various geopolitical contexts and highlights the role of sexual politics in reproducing and contesting national border regimes.

Format: Hardback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 17 March 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Sexual Politics of Border Control is a groundbreaking exploration that conceptualizes sexuality as a powerful tool for bordering and uncovers the intricate ways in which sexuality functions as a central site for the containment, capture, and regulation of movement. By seamlessly merging queer scholarship on borders and migration with a rich tapestry of feminist, Black, Indigenous, and critical border perspectives, this book illuminates how the heteronormativity of borders intersects with the broader dynamics of racial capitalism, imperialism, and settler colonialism. It also sheds light on reproductive inequalities, the containment of contagion, disease, and virality, and the complex interplay between these factors within different geopolitical contexts.

With a transnational lens, this book brings together contributions from and about diverse geopolitical contexts, including histories of HIV in Turkey, the politics of reproduction in Palestine/Israel, settler colonialism and anti-Blackness in the United States, the sexual geographies of Balkan and Southern Europe, the intimate politics of marriage migration between Vietnam and Canada, and sex work in Australia, the United States, France, and New Zealand. These diverse chapters collectively constitute a vital intervention in the study of borders and migration, emphasizing the indispensable role that sexual politics play in the reproduction and contestation of national border regimes.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies, further solidifying its significance in the field of border and migration studies. By delving into the complex intersections of sexuality, borders, and power, this book offers a rich and nuanced understanding of the ways in which these forces shape and are shaped by human experiences and movements. It is a must-read for scholars, activists, and anyone interested in exploring the intricate dynamics of gender, sexuality, and borders in our globalized world.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032170879