LEADER 03319oam 2200733I 450 001 9910790174903321 005 20230207214422.0 010 $a1-136-70407-8 010 $a0-203-81400-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203814000 035 $a(CKB)2670000000163936 035 $a(EBL)692418 035 $a(OCoLC)782859173 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000638147 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11413427 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000638147 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10714218 035 $a(PQKB)10233252 035 $a(OCoLC)787849466 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC692418 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL692418 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10542289 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL761399 035 $a(OCoLC)900419629 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000163936 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMakeshift migrants and law $egender, belonging, and postcolonial anxieties /$fRatna Kapur 210 1$aNew Delhi [India] :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (246 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-59629-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [207]-230) and index. 327 $aFront 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; Index 330 $aThis 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 impe 606 $aWomen immigrants$xLegal status, laws, etc$zIndia 606 $aSex role$zIndia 606 $aInternal migrants$zIndia 606 $aSex and law$zIndia 606 $aMarginality, Social$zIndia 606 $aFeminism$zIndia 606 $aSociological jurisprudence$zIndia 606 $aPostcolonialism$zIndia 615 0$aWomen immigrants$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aSex role 615 0$aInternal migrants 615 0$aSex and law 615 0$aMarginality, Social 615 0$aFeminism 615 0$aSociological jurisprudence 615 0$aPostcolonialism 676 $a342.083 700 $aKapur$b Ratna$f1959-,$01543300 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790174903321 996 $aMakeshift migrants and law$93796660 997 $aUNINA