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Entry denied : controlling sexuality at the border /
Since the late nineteenth century, immigrant women's sexuality has been viewed as a threat to national security, to be contained through strict border-monitoring practices. By scrutinizing this policy, its origins, and its application, Eithne Luibhéid shows how the U.S. border became a site no...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Since the late nineteenth century, immigrant women's sexuality has been viewed as a threat to national security, to be contained through strict border-monitoring practices. By scrutinizing this policy, its origins, and its application, Eithne Luibhéid shows how the U.S. border became a site not just for controlling female sexuality but also for contesting, constructing, and renegotiating sexual identity. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 253 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-238) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816692828 0816692823 |