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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450888103321

Titolo

The situated politics of belonging [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Nira Yuval-Davis, Kalpana Kannabiran and Ulrike Vieten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2006

ISBN

1-281-24516-X

9786611245160

1-84787-875-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

SAGE studies in international sociology ; ; 55

Altri autori (Persone)

Yuval-DavisNira

KannabiranKalpana

VietenUlrike

Disciplina

305.01

Soggetti

Social integration

Group identity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Certain chapters originally presented an international conference in London, Aug. 25-17, 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Biographical Notes; Introduction: Situating Contemporary Politics of Belonging; Section I: Multiculturalism, Cosmopolitanism and contemporary Politics of Belonging; Chapter 1 - Belongings in a Globalising and Unequal World: Rethinking Translocations; Chapter 2 - Culture, Identity and Rights: Challenging Contemporary Discourses of Belonging; Chapter 3 - Domestic Cosmopolitanism and Structures of Feeling: the Specificity of London; Chapter 4 - A Cartography of Resistance: the National Federation of Dalit Women

Section II: Racisms, Sexisms and Contemporary Politics of BelongingChapter 5 - Im/possible Inhabitations; Chapter 6 - An Inhospitable Port in the Storm: Recent Clandestine West African Migrants and the Quest for Diasporic Recognition; Chapter 7 - Alterity and Belonging in Diaspora Space: Changing Irish Identities and 'Race'-Making in the 'Age of Migration'; Chapter 8 - Recognition, Respect and Rights: Refugees Living on Temporary Protection Visas (TPVs) in



Australia; Chapter 9 - Gender and Caste Conflicts in Rural Bihar: Dalit Women as Arm Bearers

Section III: Human Rights, Military Interventions and Contemporary Politics of BelongingChapter 10 - The Judgement of Evil and Contemporary Politics of Belonging; Chapter 11 - National Interests, National Identity and 'Ethical Foreign Policy'; Chapter 12 - Australians in Guantanamo Bay: Gradations of Citizenship and the Politics of Belonging; Chapter 13 - 'The Enemy of My Enemy is Not My Friend': Women's Rights, Occupation and 'Reconstruction' in Iraq; Chapter 14 - Legislating Utopia? Violence against Women: Identities and Interventions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Offering a collection of essays examining the racialized and gendered effects of contemporary politics of belonging, this work is useful to scholars working in the areas of multiculturalism, globalisation and culture, race and ethnic studies, gender studies and studies of post-partition societies.