1st Edition

Bridging Fluid Borders Entanglements in the French-Brazilian Borderland

By Fabio Santos Copyright 2022
164 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

164 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

164 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Interweaving rich ethnographic descriptions with an innovative theoretical approach, this book explores and unsettles conventional maps and understandings of Europe and the Americas. Through an examination of the recently inaugurated cross-border bridge between France’s overseas department of French Guiana and Brazil’s northern state of Amapá, which effectively acts as a one-way street and serves... Read more

Beginnings;  1. Introduction;  2. Entangled Spaces;  3. Cross-Border Histories;  4. Bridging Borders;  5. Intersecting Demarcations;  6. Global Migrations;  7. Conclusions;  Methodological Reflections

Biography

Fabio Santos is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Institute for Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

'By tracing particular, personal stories of social actors in the area and their different trajectories, Santos demonstrates the larger entanglements that specific histories can uncover about complex social and political dynamics across borders … not only useful for those working in geographical vicinities, but also to other authors dealing with the complex dynamics of social actors in borderland studies in similar contexts elsewhere.' - Karlijn Korpershoek, Ethnos