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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

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