Anticipation, Interpellation and Confession on the Road to the Border

Stef Jansen

Journal of Borderlands Studies, 2015, vol. 30, issue 2, 151-162

Abstract: This article explores the role of anticipation in border crossing, foregrounding the spatiotemporal location of would-be border crossers--carrying state-issued documents--in relation to sovereignty and mobility regulation. Working from two contrasting episodes of people approaching inter-state borders it explores the analytical potential of two concepts developed to theorize contemporary social configurations--interpellation and confession. The article argues that these concepts can be useful tools for empirical analyses of border-crossing if deployed in a limited, precise, and pragmatic-material manner that avoids the assumptions of circularity and affective investment that their use often entails.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2015.1036302

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