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Race, Gender and the Body in British Immigration Control

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This book analyses the practice of virginity testing endured by South Asian women who wished to enter Britain between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, and places this practice into a wider historical context. Using recently opened government documents the extent to which these women were interrogated and scrutinized at the border is uncovered.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781137280435
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 196
  • Udgivet:
  • 25. juli 2014
  • Størrelse:
  • 222x145x17 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 372 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 6. december 2024
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This book analyses the practice of virginity testing endured by South Asian women who wished to enter Britain between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, and places this practice into a wider historical context. Using recently opened government documents the extent to which these women were interrogated and scrutinized at the border is uncovered.

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