Invisible children? Non-recognition, humanitarian blindness and other forms of ignorance in Sabah, Malaysia
In the Malaysian state of Sabah, public antipathy towards the presence of large numbers of migrant workers influences a widespread ignorance of the educational and other exclusions of their children. Children of migrants are rendered invisible in Sabahan cultural discourse because they are not recognized as proper subjects, or even as ‘normal’ children. Cultural denial of such children’s circumstances can be seen in local newspaper reports that consider such children with reference to fears of ‘illegals’ and their threat to future Sabahan citizens. This discourse draws on a particular understa... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Critique of Anthropology ; volume 40, issue 4, page 455-470 ; ISSN 0308-275X 1460-3721 |
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SAGE Publications
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Schlagwörter: | Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) / Anthropology |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26892915 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0308275x20959435 |