Stephanie DeGooyer, "Before Borders: A Legal and Literary History of Naturalization" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2022)
How can the novel be a way to understand the development of nation-state borders?\xa0An important work in the intersections of law, literature, history, and migration, Stephanie DeGooyer's\xa0Before Borders:\xa0A Legal and Literary History of Naturalization\xa0(Johns Hopkins UP, 2022)\xa0offers fascinating\xa0insight into understanding naturalization. Tracing the idea of naturalization as it can be understood as a\xa0legal fiction and through literary fiction, DeGooyer offers a compelling approach to understanding naturalization as a generative mechanism for national expansion. Through a careful and engaging\xa0analysis that spans from Mary Shelley to court proceedings, De Gooyer's\xa0Before Borders\xa0is a compelling read that will be of great interest for those interested in histories of migration, creative approaches to studying the state, and ways to approach law through and alongside literature.\nStephanie DeGooyer\xa0is Assistant Professor and Frank Borden and Barbara Lasater Hanes Fellow in the Department of English & Comparative Literature\xa0at the University of North Carolina. Her research focuses on the intersections between law and literature.\nRine Vieth\xa0is an incoming FRQSC Postdoctoral Fellow at Universit\xe9 Laval. Interested in how people experience state legal regimes, their research centres around questions of law, migration, gender, and\xa0religion.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law