Published In
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-13-2019
Subjects
Law, Islamophobia, security, forced marriage, gender
Abstract
This paper examines two recent developments in immigration law in Western liberal democracies: security exclusions and forced marriage provisions. It aims to consider how both of these settings are influenced by a pernicious Islamophobia and by gender. And, of course, by the intersection that creates a gendered version of Islamophobia. The overarching aim of the work is to consider whether and how human rights arguments are likely to be effective in immigration law. The work proceeds by developing the ideas of ‘unknowability’ and ‘unintelligibility’ as two ways to describe how Western law responds to Islam, and in so doing, contributes to Islamophobia.
Citation Details
Catherine Dauvergne, "Gendering Islamophobia to Better Understand Immigration Laws" (2019) J Ethnic & Migration Stud [Special Issue: Discrimination in Migration and Citizenship]