Abstract
What is citizenship? Who is a citizen? Such questions have been posed continuously since the birth of the nation-state, as well as many times before. A concept so often defined in academic literatures and popular discourse by its inverse or moments of greatest violence, citizenship can call to mind those outside of its boundaries: women, slaves, migrants. In comedic form, it is Tom Hanks in Terminal, limboed in a place of transit (New York’s JFK airport) because his country has dissolved overnight, while he was in flight. Far less comedic is the true story on which the film is based: Mehran Karimi Nasseri’s seventeen-year stay in Terminal 1 of Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris, after he claimed to have been expelled from Iran and while officials in France and Belgium refused him entry. In sadder terms, and in a more personal sense to those reading this from the halls of academia, it is the individuals on each and every one of your college campuses who may graduate but never work on the books, do research but never teach, hide their families in the shadows, hope to never get pulled over for speeding or a busted taillight, or any number of other considerations that most of us simply never contemplate.
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
