Borders are essentially imaginary structures, but their effects are very real. This volume explores both geopolitical and conceptual borders through an interdisciplinary lens, bridging the disciplines of philosophy and literature. With contributions from scholars around the world, this collection closely examines the concepts of race, nationality, gender, and sexuality in order to reveal the paradoxical ambiguities inherent in these seemingly solid binary oppositions, while critiquing structures of power that produce and police these borders. As a political paradigm, liminality may be embraced by marginal subjects and communities, further blurring the boundaries between oppressive distinctions and categories.

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Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2017

ISBN

9783319678139

Topic

Philosophy

Subtopic

Mind & Body in Philosophy

Acknowledgments
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Borderlands and Liminality Across Philosophy and Literature
Part I: National Borderlands
Part II: Racial and Ethnic Borderlands
Part III: Borderlands of Sexuality and Gender
Part IV: Speculative Borderlands
Index