{"product_id":"borderline-citizen-robin-hemley-9781496220417","title":"Borderline Citizen: Dispatches from the Outskirts of Nationhood","description":"In \u003ci\u003eBorderline Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e Robin Hemley wrestles with what it means to be a citizen of the world, taking readers on a singular journey through the hinterlands of national identity. As a polygamist of place, Hemley celebrates Guy Fawkes Day in the contested Falkland Islands; Canada Day and the Fourth of July in the tiny U.S. exclave of Point Roberts, Washington; Russian Federation Day in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad; Handover Day among protesters in Hong Kong; and India Day along the most complicated border in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Forgoing the exotic descriptions of faraway lands common in traditional travel writing, \u003ci\u003eBorderline Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e upends the genre with darkly humorous and deeply compassionate glimpses into the lives of exiles, nationalists, refugees, and others. Hemley's superbly rendered narratives detail these individuals, including a Chinese billionaire who could live anywhere but has chosen to situate his ornate mansion in the middle of his impoverished ancestral village, a black nationalist wanted on thirty-two outstanding FBI warrants exiled in Cuba, and an Afghan refugee whose intentionally altered birth date makes him more easy to deport despite his harrowing past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Part travelogue, part memoir, part reportage, \u003ci\u003eBorderline Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e redefines notions of nationhood through an exploration of the arbitrariness of boundaries and what it means to belong. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robin Hemley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496220412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496220417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2020","brand":"Robin Hemley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995833958655,"sku":"9781496220417","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2a5d0ff0-0dd5-4afe-8481-325b207b9883.jpg?v=1683338124","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/borderline-citizen-robin-hemley-9781496220417","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}