Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Politics and Antipolitics of Care Part 1: The Context: Politics and Care 1. Sans-Papiers and the Context of Political Struggle 2. Genealogies of Care: The New Humanitarianism Part 2: On the Ground: Compassion and Pathology 3. The Illness Clause: Life and the Politics of Compassion 4. In the Name of Violence against Women Part 3: Antipolitics: Diseased Citizens and a Racialized Postcolonial State 5. Armed Love: Against Modern Slavery, Against Immigrants 6. Biological Involution? The Production of Diseased Citizens Conclusion: Engaging the Political Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Miriam Ticktin is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the New School for Social Research.

Reviews

"Illuminating... An important contribution to the study of the struggle for rights by migrant movements in Europe." -- Catherine Lloyd, Edinburgh, Scotland Signs: Journal Of Women In Culture And Society