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What Of The Cosmopolitan? Or Approaching The Absent Patriarch In Transnational Theory, Sophia Basaldua
What Of The Cosmopolitan? Or Approaching The Absent Patriarch In Transnational Theory, Sophia Basaldua
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In this essay I will argue that there are embodied, privileged cosmopolitans, that merely masquerade as ghosts in order to avoid border detainment and a critical inquiry into their status. I will, further, argue that it is in the best interests of these cosmopolitans to avoid detection. Transnational discourse allows these cosmopolitans to exercise this privilege by dwelling on the ideal versions of cosmopolitanism. The discourse further obscures the embodied cosmopolitan by focusing upon already excessively embodied exorbitant citizens, which has the double effect of increasing the embodiment of exorbitant citizens while obscuring the privileged cosmopolitan. In order to conduct …