Author: Nicole Constable
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520387988
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"Passport Entanglements examines the problems with documents issued to Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong. Focusing on the politics and inequalities embedded in passports, anthropologist Nicole Constable looks at how these instruments determine legal status and prescribe rights. The book explores the larger role that passports and other types of documentation play in gendered migration, precarious labor, and bureaucracy as they reinforce violent structures on often already vulnerable women. Constable finds that new biometric technologies and surveillance do not lead to greater protection, security, or accuracy, but rather produce new vulnerabilities and reproduce old ones"--
Passport Entanglements
Author: Nicole Constable
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520387996
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Passport Entanglements examines the problems with documents issued to Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong and explores the larger role that passports and other types of documentation play in gendered migration, precarious labor, and bureaucracy. Focusing on the politics and inequalities embedded in passports, anthropologist Nicole Constable considers how these instruments determine legal status and dictate rights. Constable finds that new biometric technologies and surveillance do not lead to greater protection, security, or accuracy, but rather reinforce violent structures on already vulnerable women by producing new vulnerabilities and reproducing old ones.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520387996
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Passport Entanglements examines the problems with documents issued to Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong and explores the larger role that passports and other types of documentation play in gendered migration, precarious labor, and bureaucracy. Focusing on the politics and inequalities embedded in passports, anthropologist Nicole Constable considers how these instruments determine legal status and dictate rights. Constable finds that new biometric technologies and surveillance do not lead to greater protection, security, or accuracy, but rather reinforce violent structures on already vulnerable women by producing new vulnerabilities and reproducing old ones.
The Truth Seeker
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Category : Agnosticism
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Category : Agnosticism
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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The English Guernsey Cattle Society's Herd Book
Author: English Guernsey Cattle Society
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Dictionary of Dates, Relating to All Ages and Nations
Author: Joseph Haydn
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Category : Chronology, Historical
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Category : Chronology, Historical
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Willis's Current Notes
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Languages : en
Pages : 736
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Languages : en
Pages : 736
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Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses
Author: Agnes Strickland
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Category : Princes
Languages : en
Pages : 530
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Category : Princes
Languages : en
Pages : 530
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Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses Connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain by Agnes Strickland, Author of Lives of the Queens of England
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Languages : en
Pages : 530
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Languages : en
Pages : 530
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The Book of Queens
Author: Stephanie Drimmer
Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books
ISBN: 1426335350
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
"They're queens wielding scepters and sitting on thrones, they're revolutionaries on the front lines, they're presidents and prime ministers leading their nations, or they're CEOs, scientists, sports stars, artists, and others who are changing the world. Welcome to The Book of Queens, where being a regal royal doesn't just mean wearing a crown." -- back cover.
Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books
ISBN: 1426335350
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
"They're queens wielding scepters and sitting on thrones, they're revolutionaries on the front lines, they're presidents and prime ministers leading their nations, or they're CEOs, scientists, sports stars, artists, and others who are changing the world. Welcome to The Book of Queens, where being a regal royal doesn't just mean wearing a crown." -- back cover.
Guernsey Breeders' Journal
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 768
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 768
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Herd Register
Author: American Guernsey Cattle Club
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 1418
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 1418
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