03345nam 2200745Ia 450 991081349850332120200520144314.01-136-70407-80-203-81400-210.4324/9780203814000 (CKB)2670000000163936(EBL)692418(OCoLC)782859173(SSID)ssj0000638147(PQKBManifestationID)11413427(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000638147(PQKBWorkID)10714218(PQKB)10233252(OCoLC)787849466(MiAaPQ)EBC692418(Au-PeEL)EBL692418(CaPaEBR)ebr10542289(CaONFJC)MIL761399(OCoLC)900419629(EXLCZ)99267000000016393620100507d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMakeshift migrants and law gender, belonging, and postcolonial anxieties /Ratna Kapur1st ed.New Delhi ;Abingdon, Oxon Routledge20101 online resource (246 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-59629-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-230) and index.Front Cover; Makeshift Migrants and Law; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The Making of the Migrant; 3. Victims, Whores, and Wives: Migrant Women and the Law; 4. Sexual Restraints: The Construction of Female Sexual Subjectivities in Anti-Trafficking Discourse; 5. The Citizen and the Migrant Subject: Postcolonial Anxieties, Law, and the Politics of Exclusion/Inclusion; 6. The Fear Factor: Muslims, the Gujarat Riots, and the Purge from Within; 7. Conclusion: Insurrectional Subjects; Bibliography; About the Author; IndexThis 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 existence are seen, in the book, to be obscured by the apparatus of the law. The author elaborates on how law can both advance and impeWomen immigrantsLegal status, laws, etcIndiaSex roleIndiaInternal migrantsIndiaSex and lawIndiaMarginality, SocialIndiaFeminismIndiaSociological jurisprudenceIndiaPostcolonialismIndiaWomen immigrantsLegal status, laws, etc.Sex roleInternal migrantsSex and lawMarginality, SocialFeminismSociological jurisprudencePostcolonialism342.083Kapur Ratna1959-1664880MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813498503321Makeshift migrants and law4023190UNINA