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SUMMARY:Encountering sexual aliens: state sovereignty and the heteronorma
 tive mechanism at work on the margins of Taiwan
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DESCRIPTION:As many scholars of migration studies have shown in their wor
 k\, the increasingly complicated patterns of border-crossing activities 
 in the contemporary age of globalization have posed a grave challenge to
  the feasibility of the nation-state model conventionally held by both t
 he sending and receiving countries. Some have also highlighted the fact 
 that gender politics plays a significant\, while often hidden\, role in 
 shaping the phenomenon that is recognized generally as “the feminization
  of globalization”. Based on ethnographic research conducted on Taiwan's
  three crucial sites of national borders\, this talk mines the intersect
 ions between border control\, state sovereignty\, national belonging and
  “perverted sexualities”.\n\nThe focus is on three forms of subjects\, p
 erceived as “sexual aliens”\, whose trans-migratory acts violate the pri
 nciple of biological and heterosexual reproduction that upholds the mean
 ings\, practices and institutions of border control. The normalizing reg
 ulations imposed upon these subjects\, be they “lived” or “imaginary”\, 
 highlight three corresponding sites of bio-political governance at once 
 outside of\, within\, and right along the borders of Taiwan’s geographic
 al territories. While all are in keeping with the agenda of heteronormat
 ivity\, these sites are situated in a distinct circuit of transnational 
 traffic of sexualities and thus require different modes of governance. I
 ntentionally or coincidentally\, these modes of governance coordinate wi
 th each other in helping construct a nation whose sovereignty has been i
 n perpetual crisis within the international political community.
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:2nd Floor Boardroom\, Arthur Lewis Building\, Manchester
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