| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 263 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Fringe |
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Fringe (UCL Press)
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| Contents |
Introduction: queering migration and asylum / Richard C.M. Mole -- Universal humanity vs. national citizenship : the example of same-sex partner immigration in Europe / Robert Wintemute -- 'The gay person always looks for the big European city' : the sexual migration of Latin American gay men in London / Cristian Valenzuela -- Rethinking diaspora : queer Poles, Brazilians and Russians in Berlin / Richard C.M. Mole -- An exercise in detachment : the Council of Europe and sexual minority asylum claims / Nuno Ferreira -- On the government of bisexual bodies : asylum case law and the biopolitics of bisexual erasure / Christian Klesse -- (Des)haciendo fronteras : Latin American LGBTIQ* asylum seekers in Spain in the process of credibility assessment / Aurora Perego -- Between homonationalism and Islamophobia : comparing queer Caribbean and Muslim asylum-seeking in/to the Netherlands / Keith E. McNeal and Sarah French Brennan -- 'They sent me to the mountain' : the role space, religion and support groups play for LGBTIQ+ asylum claimants / Moira Dustin and Nina jheld -- The (micro-)politics of support for LGBT asylum-seekers in France / Sara Cesaro -- 'How much of a lesbian are you?' : experiences of LGBT asylum seekers in immigration detention in the UK / Sarah Singer |
| Summary |
Europe is a popular destination for LGBTQ people seeking to escape discrimination and persecution. Yet, while European institutions have done much to promote the legal equality of sexual minorities and a number of states pride themselves on their acceptance of sexual diversity, the image of European tolerance and the reality faced by LGBTQ migrants and asylum seekers are often quite different. To engage with these conflicting discourses, Queer Migration and Asylum in Europe brings together scholars from politics, sociology, urban studies, anthropology and law to analyse how and why queer individuals migrate to or seek asylum in Europe, as well as the legal, social and political frameworks they are forced to navigate to feel at home or to regularise their status in the destination societies. The subjects covered include LGBTQ Latino migrants' relationship with queer and diasporic spaces in London; diasporic consciousness of queer Polish, Russian and Brazilian migrants in Berlin; the role of the Council of Europe in shaping legal and policy frameworks relating to queer migration and asylum; the challenges facing bisexual asylum seekers; queer asylum and homonationalism in the Netherlands; and the role of space, faith and LGBTQ organisations in Germany, Italy, the UK and France in supporting queer asylum seekers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Asylum, Right of -- Europe
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Gay immigrants -- Europe
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Gay rights -- Europe
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Emigration and immigration law -- Europe
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
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Emigration and immigration law
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Asylum, Right of
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Emigration and immigration
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Gay immigrants
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Gay rights
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Emigration and immigration
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| Subject |
Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781787356054 |
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1787356051 |
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9781787355811 |
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1787355810 |
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9781787356115 |
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1787356116 |
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