TY - BOOK ID - 80836561 TI - Exceptional states PY - 2015 SN - 9780520961562 0520961560 9780520286221 9780520286238 0520286227 0520286235 PB - Oakland, California DB - UniCat KW - Citizenship KW - Self-determination, National KW - Intercountry marriage KW - Foreign spouses KW - Chinese KW - Women immigrants KW - Birthright citizenship KW - Citizenship (International law) KW - National citizenship KW - Nationality (Citizenship) KW - Political science KW - Public law KW - Allegiance KW - Civics KW - Domicile KW - Political rights KW - National self-determination KW - Nationalism KW - Nation-state KW - Nationalities, Principle of KW - Sovereignty KW - Binational marriage KW - International marriage KW - Marriages, International KW - Marriage KW - Alien spouses KW - Foreign national spouses KW - Spouses KW - Ethnology KW - Immigrant women KW - Immigrants KW - Political aspects KW - Social conditions. KW - Law and legislation KW - China KW - Taiwan KW - Foreign relations KW - Noncitizen spouses KW - asian studies. KW - china. KW - chinese history. KW - chinese marital immigrants. KW - chinese spouses. KW - citizenship. KW - cold war asia. KW - contemporary politics in asia. KW - female chinese immigrants. KW - female emigrants from china. KW - foreign spouses taiwan. KW - immigrant chinese women. KW - immigration china to taiwan. KW - immigration. KW - intercountry marriage. KW - marital immigration. KW - marriage and family china. KW - marriage and family taiwan. KW - marrying to immigrate. KW - taiwan. KW - taiwanese citizenship. KW - taiwanese immigration. KW - taiwanese sovereignty. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80836561 AB - Exceptional States examines new configurations of marriage, immigration, and sovereignty emerging in an increasingly mobile Asia where Cold War legacies continue to shape contemporary political struggles over sovereignty and citizenship. Focused on marital immigration from China to Taiwan, the book documents the struggles of these women and men as they seek acceptance and recognition in their new home. Through tracing parallels between the predicaments of Chinese marital immigrants and the uncertain future of the Taiwan nation-state, the book shows how intimate attachments and emotional investments infuse the governmental practices of Taiwanese bureaucrats charged with regulating immigration and producing citizenship and sovereignty. Its attention to a group of immigrants whose exceptional status has become necessary to Taiwan's national integrity exposes the social, political, and subjective consequences of life on the margins of citizenship and sovereignty. ER -