Unruly Immigrants - Rights, Activism, Transnational South Asian Politics in United

Informationen zum Autor Monisha Das Gupta is Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies and Women’s Studies at the University of Hawai’i. Klappentext An ethnography of feminist, queer, and labor organizing in South Asian communities showing the intersections between culture, identity, and social transformation-oriented politics. Zusammenfassung An analysis of how South Asian feminist! queer! and labor organizations in the United States have claimed rights for immigrants who do not have the privileges of citizenship. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Encounters 1 1. Terms of Belonging 27 2. Contests over Culture 56 3. Law and Oppression 82 4. “Owning Our Lives”: Women’s Organizations 109 5. Subverting Seductions: Queer Organizations 159 6. “Know Your Place in History”: Labor Organizations 208 Conclusion 237 Notes 261 Works Cited 275 Index 299

Product details

• Authors: Monisha Das Gupta, Monisha Das Gupta, Monisha Das Gupta
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2006
• EAN: 9780822338581
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3858-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Asien, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, Politische Bildung und Zivilgesellschaft, Politischer Aktivismus