ABSTRACT

Ethnographic and biographical research conducted with mixed-status couples and non-governmental organisations in France and Belgium provides insights into how the citizen partners of mixed-status relationships define and assert their family rights. In response to injustices suffered, from the state or from the migrant (non-citizen) partner, these citizens turned to organisations with contrasting discourses on marriage migration. These organisations encouraged them to participate in collective actions, and to give voice to their intimate experiences. Drawing on accounts of ‘intimate citizenship’, this article explores the citizenship-belonging nexus through lenses of performativity and intersectionality. Gender and ethnicity interact to influence interactions between citizen partners and the state, the tension between their virtual and actual social identities, and – ultimately – their assertions of citizenship, with personal status underpinning public claims. By speaking and acting in the name of their private lives and choices, these citizen partners affirm their (intimate) citizenship through its public performance.

摘要

与法国和比利时的异族夫妇和非政府组织进行的人种志和传记研究提供了有关异族关系的公民伴侣如何定义和维护其家庭权利的见解。为了应对来自国家或移民（非公民）伴侣的不公正待遇，这些公民转向了组织，他们对婚姻移徙的话语有所不同。这些组织鼓励他们参加集体行动，并表达他们的亲密经历。本文以“亲密公民身份”为依据，通过绩效和交叉性的视角探索了属于公民身份的联系。性别和种族互动会影响公民伙伴与国家之间的互动，他们的虚拟和实际社会身份之间的紧张关系，以及最终他们关于公民身份的主张，个人身份是公共主张的基础。通过以个人生活和选择的名义发言并采取行动，这些公民伙伴通过其公开表演来确认自己（亲密的）公民身份。