| Looking to London: Stories of War, Escape and Asylum Contributor(s): Cockburn, Cynthia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745399215 ISBN-13: 9780745399218 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.70 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: London is celebrated as one of the most ethnically diverse capitals in the world and has been a magnet for migration since its founding. In Looking to London, Cynthia Cockburn visits five London Boroughs, studying how each responds as new influxes of refugees join established Kurdish, Somali, Tamil, Sudanese, and Syrian communities under the watchful eyes of the regimes they fled and United Kingdom's anti-terror police. Cockburn brings her lively and lucid style to a national moment when right-wing, nativist, and racist sentiment is being challenged by a compassionate "refugees welcome" movement. London is an important contribution to the intense debate about security and terrorism, national identity, and human rights. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cockburn, Cynthia: - Cynthia Cockburn is an honorary professor at the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, University of Warwick, and City University London. Her most recent books are Antimilitarism: The Political And Gender Dynamics Of Peace Movements and From Where We Stand: War, Women's Activism and Feminist Analysis, published by Zed Books. |