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Review of Gendered asylum : race and violence in US law and politics by McKinnon, S. L.
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Cooke, Samantha (2019) Review of Gendered asylum : race and violence in US law and politics by McKinnon, S. L. Women’s Studies International Forum . ISSN 0277-5395
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2019.04.004
Abstract
In a period of great political turmoil and uncertainty following the 2016 US Presidential Elections, this book could not have emerged at a more appropriate time. Tracing the history of gender as a political category for determining asylum application outcomes in the US, McKinnon not only speaks to the complicated relationship between gender as grounds for asylum and the US political system, but also to the politicisation of the female body historically and in contemporary politics. In her exploration of gender as a political category in asylum applications, McKinnon engages with diverging components of gender and political persecution, ranging from domestic violence and veiling, to sexual self-identification.
| Item Type: | Book Review | ||||
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| Subjects: | K Law [Moys] > KC International Law | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | McKinnon, Sara L. -- Gendered asylum : race and violence in U.S. law and politics, Asylum, Right of -- United States | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Women’s Studies International Forum | ||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0277-5395 | ||||
| Book Title: | Gendered Asylum : Race and Violence in US Law and Politics | ||||
| Official Date: | 24 April 2019 | ||||
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.wsif.2019.04.004 | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 June 2019 | ||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 March 2021 |
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