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

• Main Authors: Smith, Evan, Marmo, Marinella
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Palgrave Macmillan 2014; Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Edition: 1
• Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
• Subjects: Black & Asian studies; British & Irish history; British History; Civics & Citizenship; Crime and Society; Discrimination & Race Relations; Emigration & Immigration; Ethnicity Studies; Gender and Politics; Gender and Sexuality; Gender Studies; Gender studies: women; Great Britain > Emigration and immigration > Government policy > History > 20th century; Migration; Migration, immigration & emigration; Palgrave Social Sciences Collection; Political Freedom & Security/Human Rights; Political Science; Politics & Gender; Race and Ethnicities; Race, Class, Gender and Crime; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociology of the Body; South Asia > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century; Virginity > Political aspects > Great Britain; Women immigrants; Women immigrants > Government policy > Great Britain > History > 20th century; Women immigrants > South Asia > History > 20th century

01 02 Race, Gender and the Body in British Immigration Cont ro l provides the most detailed account of the virginity testing controversy in the late 1970s, and demonstrates that this abusive practice, which was endured by South Asian women for more than a decade, was part of a wider culture of mistr...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction 1. 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
• Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 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 -- Works Cited -- Index