Makeshift Migrants and Law: Gender, Belonging, and Postcolonial Anxieties

by Ratna Kapur

Book Overview

This book unmasks the cultural and gender stereotypes that inform the legal regulation of the migrant. It critiques the postcolonial perspective on how belonging and non-belonging are determined by the sexual, cultural, and familial norms on which law is based as well as the historical backdrop of the colonial encounter, which differentiated overtly between the legitimate and illegitimate subject.

The complexities and layering of the migrant's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138662755
• ISBN13: 9781138662759
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Routledge India
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"