Postcolonial Migrants and Identity Politics

Europe, Russia, Japan and the United States in Comparison

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

Av Ulbe Bosma, Jan Lucassen, Gert Oostindie

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These transfers of sovereignty resulted in extensive, unforeseen movements of citizens and subjects to their former countries. The phenomenon of postcolonial migration affected not only European nations, but also the United States, Japan and post-Soviet Russia. The political and societal reactions to the unexpected and often unwelcome migrants was significant to postcolonial migrants’ identity politics and how these influenced metropolitan debates about citizenship, national identity and colonial history. The contributors explore the historical background and contemporary significance of these migrations and discuss the ethnic and class composition and the patterns of integration of the migrant population.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-05-01
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt531 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieInternational Studies in Social History
Antal sidor278
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9780857453273

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List of Figures and TablesList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Postcolonial migrations and identity politics: Towards a comparative perspectiveUlbe Bosma, Jan Lucassen and Gert OostindieChapter 1. Postcolonial Immigrants in France and their Descendants: the Meanings of France’s "Postcolonial Moment"James CohenChapter 2. Postcolonial Migrants in Britain: From Unwelcome Guests to Partial and Segmented AssimilationShinder ThandiChapter 3. Postcolonial Migrants in the Netherlands: Identity Politics versus the Fragmentation of CommunityGert OostindieChapter 4. Postcolonial Portugal: between Scylla and CharybdisMargarida MarquesChapter 5. Return of the Natives? Children of Empire in Postimperial JapanNicole Leah CohenChapter 6. Postcolonial Immigration and Identity Formation In Europe Since 1945: The Russian VariantAllison BlakelyChapter 7. The Puerto Rican Diaspora to the United States: A Postcolonial MigrationJorge DuanyBibliographyNotes on the ContributorsIndex

“Together, the contributions to this collection offer an insightful and helpful overview of postcolonial migration within different national frameworks…Too often, migrants have been deemed a problem…[This volume] in comparison complicates contemporary discussions around migration and integration and points to several potential avenues for further research and contribution. It is therefore a timely addition to the rich literature on what happens when the empire, so to speak, comes home.” • Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History“This is a stimulating book…The academic quality is very high, and the conceptual and methodological concerns are central to current debates concerning the second half of the twentieth century. The inclusion of a large geographic variety of cases is important and thought provoking.” • Nancy L. Green, L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris