Race, gender and the body in British immigration control : subject to examination /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Smith, Evan, 1981- (Author), Marmo, Marinella (Author)
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Series:	Migration, diasporas and citizenship.
Subjects:	Women immigrants > Government policy > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Women immigrants > South Asia > History > 20th century. Great Britain > Emigration and immigration > Government policy > History > 20th century. South Asia > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century. Virginity > Political aspects > Great Britain. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

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Introduction1. 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.