Race, Gender and the Body in British Immigration Control : Subject to Examination

Race, Gender and the Body in British Immigration Control : Subject to Examination - Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship

1st Edition 2014

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781349447718
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition 2014
Language: English
Number of pages: 196
Weight: 270g
Height: 201mm
Width: 215mm
Spine width: 21mm