Claiming Home
Migration Biographies and Everyday Lives of Queer Migrant Women in Switzerland
Author(s)
Büchler, Tina
Collection
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)Language
EnglishAbstract
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.
Keywords
Migration; Gender; Cultural Anthropology; Gender Studies; Queer Theory; SociologyISBN
9783839456910, 9783837656916, 9783732856916Publisher
transcript VerlagPublisher website
http://www.transcript-verlag.dePublication date and place
Bielefeld, 2022Imprint
transcript VerlagSeries
Kultur und soziale Praxis,Classification
Migration, immigration and emigration
Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples
Social and cultural anthropology
Gender studies, gender groups