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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452771003321

Titolo

Postcolonial migrants and identity politics [[electronic resource] ] : Europe, Russia, Japan and the United States in comparison / / edited by Ulbe Bosma, Jan Lucassen, and Gert Oostindie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2012

ISBN

1-280-87612-3

9786613717436

0-85745-328-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Collana

International studies in social history ; ; v. 18

Altri autori (Persone)

BosmaUlbe <1962->

LucassenJan

OostindieGert

Disciplina

325

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration - History - 20th century

Emigration and immigration - Political aspects

Postcolonialism

Immigrants

Group identity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : postcolonial migrations and identity politics : towards a comparative perspective / Ulbe Bosma, Jan Lucassen and Gert Oostindie -- Postcolonial immigrants in France and their descendants : the meanings of France's "postcolonial moment / James Cohen -- Post colonial migrants in Britain : from unwelcome guests to partial and segmented assimilation / Shinder Thandi -- Postcolonial migrants in the Netherlands : identity politics versus the fragmentation of community / Gert Oostindie -- Post-colonial Portugal : between Scylla and Charybdis / Margarida Marques -- Return of the natives? : children of empire in postimperial Japan / Nicole Leah Cohen -- Postcolonial immigration and identity formation in Europe since 1945 : the Russian variant / Allison Blakely -- The Puerto Rican diaspora to the United



States : a postcolonial migration / Jorge Duany.

Sommario/riassunto

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