The universal acts: Judith Butler and the biopolitics of immigration

Cultural Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 523-537

  Zylinska, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum; Biopolitics; Body; Butler; Ethics; Immigration

Indexed keywords

EID: 5044245816     PISSN: 09502386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950238042000181647     Document Type: Article

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