Erni, John Nguyet,

Law and cultural studies : a critical rearticulation of human rights / John Nguyet Erni. - 1 Edition. - xii, 232 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: cultural studies and critical human rights : an immanent encounter -- Who needs human rights? : a renewal -- 8 theses on human rights : a resource for critical engagement -- The juris-cultural : cases and perspectives -- Case 1. human rights in the neoliberal imagination : mapping the "new sovereignties" -- Case 2. citizenship management : on the politics of being "included-out" -- Case 3: negotiating refuge : further thoughts on the politics of the "included-out" -- Case 4: queering laws, transfiguring marriage -- Case 5: a perspective on the field of weiquan -- Legal modernities -- Index.

9781472414861 (hbk)

2018039632


Human rights.
Culture--Study and teaching.

JC571 / .E745 2019

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