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Loading... Makeshift migrants and law : gender, belonging, and postcolonial anxietiesby Ratna Kapur
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This book unmasks the cultural and gender stereotypes that inform the legal regulation of the migrant. It critiques the postcolonial perspective on how belonging and non-belonging are determined by the sexual, cultural, and familial norms on which law is based as well as the historical backdrop of the colonial encounter, which differentiated overtly between the legitimate and illegitimate subject. The complexities and layering of the migrant's existence are seen, in the book, to be obscured by the apparatus of the law. The author elaborates on how law can both advance and impe No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)342.083Social sciences Law Constitutional and administrative law Jurisdiction over persons Citizenship and nationalityLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |