Exploring Transborder Intimacies: Love and Relationships Across Geopolitical Boundaries

Panel P35: Intimacy Across Borders: Transnational Love and Relationships?

Convenor:

Henrike Hoogenraad University of Adelde

Discussant:

Alison Dundon University of Adelde

Format: Panel Discussions

Location: Ligertwood 231

Sessions: Thursday, December 14th from 9:00-10:00 am 1:30-2:30 pm

Time Zone: AustraliaAdelde

Panel P35 explores the complex nature of intimacy, love, and sexuality within transnational relationships. This panel investigates how borderswhether political, bureaucratic, or institutionalaffect these relational dynamics.

The discussion will delve into the nuanced experiences of couples that navigate boundaries imposed by state policies, ger norms, racial identities, age categories, and other intersecting factors. Issues related to global politics, economic concerns, and state regulations significantly influence sexual intimacies and emotional connections across borders.

Cross-border romantic relationships often intertwine with sensuality and emotions that forge connections as well as divisions between individuals, communities, and states. These dynamics can be seen as a hallmark of modernity a focus on personal choice, desire, individualism, partnership, and citizenship. Yet, transnational intimacies are also often imbued with tension, conflict, and anxiety due to their geopolitical context.

The selected papers for this panel provide ethnographic insights into various contexts where love transcs borders:

1. Intimate within Limits: Love, Cross-Border Marriage, and the State in Contemporary Malaysia

   • Nurul Huda Mohd Razif University of Cambridge

2. The Zombification of the 'Other': A Defining Characteristic in a Trio of Exploitation between African Men, Western Women, and Relatives at Home

   • Emmanuel Awoh University of Melbourne

3. Love Across State Borders: Transcontinental Polygamy as Seen in The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau

   • Magdalena Brzezinska The University of Gdansk

4. Anxious Intimacy: Negotiating Ger and Value Among Japanese Retired Couples in Malaysia

   • Shiori Shakuto University of Sydney

5. Speculative Encounters: The Interplay of Optimism and Genealogy Across the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Border

   • Jonathan Burrow Indepent Researcher

6. Love After the Colony: Intimacy and Intimate Tensions on a Philippine Island

   • Karen Hansen Rio Tinto

7. UnRomantic Realities: Love Migration and Notions of Femininity and Masculinity Among African-Australian Couples

   • Henrike Hoogenraad University of Adelde

These papers collectively offer a comprehensive view of the complexities inherent in transnational relationships, exploring both the joys and challenges that arise from intimate connections across different geographic locales.
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