Nomadic Identities

Joseph, an Asian African from Tanzania, brings a personal insight to the question of how citizenship is expressed--particularly the nomadic, conditional citizenship related to histories of migrancy and the tenuous status of immigrants. NOMADIC IDENTITIES investigates the metaphoric, literal, and performed possibilities available in different arenas of the everyday through which individuals and communities experience citizenship--successfully or not. A unique inquiry into contemporary experiences of migrancy linking Tanzania, Britain, and the United States, this book blends political theory, performance studies, cultural studies, and historical writing. It offers vignettes that describe the official and informal cultural transactions that designate citizenship under the globalizing forces of decolonization, the cold war, and transnational networks.