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Pregnant on arrival : making the illegal immigrant /

"State alert as pregnant asylum seekers aim for Ireland." "Country Being Held Hostage by Con Men, Spongers, and Those Taking Advantage of the Maternity Residency Policy." From 1997 to 2004, headlines such as these dominated Ireland's mainstream media as pregnant immigrants w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: LuibhÊid, Eithne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
Series:Difference incorporated.
Subjects:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory.
Ireland > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Women immigrants > Ireland > Social conditions.
Pregnant women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Ireland.
Political refugees > Legal status, laws, etc. > Ireland.
Women > Sexual behavior > Ireland.
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • A Note on Terminology
  • Introduction
  • 1. Shifting Boundaries through Discourses of Childbearing
  • 2. Counternarratives of Migration Law and Childbearing
  • 3. Baby Gives Birth to Parents: Direct Provision and Subject Formation
  • 4. The "Right to Life of the Unborn" and Migration Controls
  • 5. Reproductive Futurism and the Temporality of Migration Control
  • 6. From Childbearing to Multiple Sexuality and Migration Struggles
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index.