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Discourses on LGBT Asylum in the Uk: Constructing a Queer Haven
Thibaut Raboin
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Description for Discourses on LGBT Asylum in the Uk: Constructing a Queer Haven
Hardcover. This book looks at the specificities of the exclusion of LGBT refugees, to show how the cultural politics of queer migration help us rethink emancipatory sexual politics. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFD; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
This book analyses fifteen years of debate, media narrative, policy documents and artistic production to uncover the way sexual citizenship is reshaped by LGBT asylum. Asylum discourses, with their many harrowing stories, have proved a powerful platform for discussion of the sexual rights of those who are not citizens. The forces involved, from the state to LGBT or asylum activists, compete with each other for the redefinition of what progressive sexual politics should be. This book assesses the consequences of persisting colonial imaginaries on the representation of sexual freedom, as well as of the ... Read more
This book analyses fifteen years of debate, media narrative, policy documents and artistic production to uncover the way sexual citizenship is reshaped by LGBT asylum. Asylum discourses, with their many harrowing stories, have proved a powerful platform for discussion of the sexual rights of those who are not citizens. The forces involved, from the state to LGBT or asylum activists, compete with each other for the redefinition of what progressive sexual politics should be. This book assesses the consequences of persisting colonial imaginaries on the representation of sexual freedom, as well as of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
409g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719099632
SKU
V9780719099632
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99-15
About Thibaut Raboin
Thibaut Raboin is Teaching Fellow in French at University College London -- .
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