Migration and Multiculturalism in Scandinavia / Eric Einhorn, Sherrill Harbison, and Markus Huss, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Einhorn, Eric S., editor.

Harbison, Sherrill, editor.

Huss, Markus, 1981- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiculturalism--Scandinavia.

Multiculturalism.

Cultural pluralism--Scandinavia.

Cultural pluralism.

Immigrants--Scandinavia.

Immigrants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2022]

Summary:

Scandinavian societies have historically, and problematically, been understood as homogeneous, when in fact they have a long history of ethnic and cultural pluralism due to colonialism and territorial conquest. After World War II, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway all became destinations for an increasingly diverse stream of migrants and asylum seekers from war-torn countries around the globe, culminating in the 2015-16 "refugee crisis." This multidisciplinary volume opens with an overview of how the three countries' current immigration policies developed and evolved, then expands to address how we might understand the current contexts and the social realities of immigration and diversity on the ground.Drawing from personal experiences and theoretical perspectives in such varied fields as sociology, political science, literature, and media studies, nineteen scholars assess recent shifts in Scandinavian societies and how they intertwine with broader transformations in Europe and beyond. Chapters explore a variety of topics, including themes of belonging and identity in Norway, the experiences and activism of the Nordic countries' Indigenous populations, and parallels between the racist far-right resurgence in Sweden and the United States.Contributors: Ellen A. Ahlness, Julie K. Allen, Grete Brochmann, Eric Einhorn, Sherrill Harbison, Anne Heith, Markus Huss, Peter Leonard, Barbara Mattsson, Kelly McKowen, Andreas Önnerfors, Elisabeth Oxfeldt, Tony Sandset, Carly Elizabeth Schall, Ryan Thomas Skinner, Admir Skodo, Benjamin R. Teitelbaum, Sayaka Osanami Törngren, Ethelene Whitmire

Contents:

Introduction / Eric Einhorn, Sherrill Harbison, and Markus Huss

The politics of immigration: immigration to Scandinavian welfare states in the time of pluralism / Grete Brochmann

Folkhemmet: "the people's home" as an expression of retrotopian longing for Sweden before the arrival of mass migration / Andreas Önnerfors

Racing home: Swedish reception of black/white identity politics in the 2016 US presidential election / Benjamin R. Teitelbaum

Racist resurgences: how neoliberal and antiracist lefts make space for the far right in Sweden and the United States / Carly Elizabeth Schall

On the ground. Coming to terms with belonging: unemployed migrants and sociocultural incorporation in Norway / Kelly Mckowen

Crisis and pattern during the 2015-2016 "refugee crisis" in Sweden / Admir Skodo

Contesting national identity as a racial signifier: mixed-race identity in Norway and Sweden / Sayaka Osanami Törngren and Tony Sandset

Managing multicultural tenants: rental agreements and feminist qualms in Auður Jónsdóttir's Deposit and Vigdis Hjorth's A House in Norway / Elisabeth Oxfeldt

Swedish identity and the literary imaginary / Peter Leonard

The issue of land rights in contemporary Sámi literature, art, and music / Anne Heith

Afro-Swedish renaissance / Ryan Thomas Skinner

Inheritance. Within our borders: Sámi mobilization, the Scandinavian response, and World War II / Ellen Ahlness

Denmark in miniature: the interplay of cosmopolitanism, nationalism, and exoticism in Copenhagen's Tivoli / Julie K. Allen

Musicians find "utopia" in Denmark: African American jazz expatriates / Ethelene Whitmire

Finnish war children in Sweden after World War II and refugee children of today / Barbara Mattsson

Afterword / Sherrill Harbison.

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ISBN:

9780299334833

029933483X

OCLC:

1291876584