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Race, Gender and the Body in British Immigration Control
Smith, E.; Marmo, Marinella
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Paperback. This book analyses the practice of virginity testing endured by South Asian women who wished to enter Britain between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, and places this practice into a wider historical context. Using recently opened government documents the extent to which these women were interrogated and scrutinized at the border is uncovered. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ; JFSL; JHB; JKV; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
This book analyses the practice of virginity testing endured by South Asian women who wished to enter Britain between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, and places this practice into a wider historical context. Using recently opened government documents the extent to which these women were interrogated and scrutinized at the border is uncovered.
This book analyses the practice of virginity testing endured by South Asian women who wished to enter Britain between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, and places this practice into a wider historical context. Using recently opened government documents the extent to which these women were interrogated and scrutinized at the border is uncovered.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
Series
Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349447718
SKU
V9781349447718
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99-15
About Smith, E.; Marmo, Marinella
Evan Smith is Vice-Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of International Studies at Flinders University, Australia. He has written widely on the British immigration control system, the politics of race in Britain and the British far left. Marinella Marmo is Associate Professor in Criminology at Flinders University Law School, Australia. Her research interests include international criminal justice, ... Read more
Reviews for Race, Gender and the Body in British Immigration Control
"An important and revelatory study of a shameful episode in 20th century British immigration history that was shaped by Imperial racism." - Alan Travis, Home Affairs Editor, The Guardian "It is impossible to over-estimate the importance of Smith and Marmo's study. Their chilling documentation of abuses permitted and vigorously denied by the Home Office represents feminist scholarship ... Read more