Race, Gender and the Body in British Immigration Control : Subject to Examination.
Smith, E.
Race, Gender and the Body in British Immigration Control : Subject to Examination. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (205 pages) - Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Series . - Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Decolonisation and the Creation of the British Immigration Control System -- 2 The Border as a Filter: Maintaining the Divide in the Post-Imperial Era -- 3 Reorienting the South Asian Female Body: The Practice of Virginity Testing and the Treatment of Migrant Women -- 4 Deny, Normalise and Obfuscate: The Government Response to the Virginity Testing Practice and Other Physical Abuses -- 5 The Postcolonial World Stage: Immigration and Britain's International Reputation -- 6 Discrimination by Other Means: Further Restrictions on Migrant Women and Children Under the Conservatives -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index.
9781137280442
Sociology.
Electronic books.
HQ12-449
Race, Gender and the Body in British Immigration Control : Subject to Examination. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (205 pages) - Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Series . - Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Decolonisation and the Creation of the British Immigration Control System -- 2 The Border as a Filter: Maintaining the Divide in the Post-Imperial Era -- 3 Reorienting the South Asian Female Body: The Practice of Virginity Testing and the Treatment of Migrant Women -- 4 Deny, Normalise and Obfuscate: The Government Response to the Virginity Testing Practice and Other Physical Abuses -- 5 The Postcolonial World Stage: Immigration and Britain's International Reputation -- 6 Discrimination by Other Means: Further Restrictions on Migrant Women and Children Under the Conservatives -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index.
9781137280442
Sociology.
Electronic books.
HQ12-449