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Claiming Home: Migration Biographies and Everyday Lives of Queer Migrant Women in Switzerland
[phd thesis]
Abstract Through biographical narratives, Claiming Home traces how queer migrant women living in Switzerland navigate often contradictory perspectives on sexuality, gender, and nation. Situated between heteronormative and racialized stereotypes of migrant women on the one hand, and the implicitly white figur... view more
Through biographical narratives, Claiming Home traces how queer migrant women living in Switzerland navigate often contradictory perspectives on sexuality, gender, and nation. Situated between heteronormative and racialized stereotypes of migrant women on the one hand, and the implicitly white figure of the lesbian on the other, queer migrant women are often rendered 'impossible subjects.' Claiming Home maps how they negotiate conflicting loyalties in this field and how they, in their own way, claim a sense of belonging and home.... view less
Keywords
Switzerland; migrant; gender; queer studies; intersectionality; sexuality; identity; racism; xenophobia; integration; family
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Free Keywords
Cultural Anthropology; Queer Theory
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
444 p.
Series
Kultur und soziale Praxis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839456910
ISBN
978-3-8394-5691-0
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0