Complying with colonialism : gender, race and ethnicity in the Nordic region / / edited by Suvi Keskinen ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958847103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Farnham, England ; ; Burlington, VT., : Ashgate, c2009
• ISBN: 9786611968878; 9781315573212; 1315573210; 9781317162704; 1317162706; 9781317162698; 1317162692; 9781281968876; 1281968870; 9780754691457; 0754691454
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): KeskinenSuvi
• Disciplina: 304.8/48; 305.8'00948
• Soggetti: Immigrants - Scandinavia; Women immigrants - Scandinavia; Sex discrimination against women - Scandinavia; Scandinavia Ethnic relations
• 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: Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Postcolonialism and the Nordic Models of Welfare and Gender; PART 1 Postcolonial Histories/Postcolonial Presents; 2 Colonial Complicity: The 'Postcolonial' in a Nordic Context; 3 The Nordic Colonial Mind; 4 The Flipside of my Passport; 5 The Promise of the 'Nordic' and its Reality in the South; 6 Stranger or Family Member? Reproducing Postcolonial Power Relations; 7 Historical Legacies and Neo-colonial Forms of Power?; PART 2 Welfare State and its 'Others'; 8 ; When Racism Becomes Individualised:; 9 Contradicting the 'Prostitution Stigma': Narratives of Russian Migrant Women Living in Norway10 Postcolonial and Queer Readings of 'Migrant Families' in the Context of Multicultural Work; 11 'Experience is a National Asset': A Postcolonial Reading of Ageing in the Labour Market; 12 Licorice Boys and Female Coffee Beans; PART 3 Doing Nation and Gender: The Civilising Mission 'at Home'; 13 Guiding Migrants to the Realm of Gender Equality; 14 Institutional Nationalism and Orientalized Others in Parental Education; 15 Whose Feminism? Whose Emancipation?; 16 'Honour-Related Violence' and Nordic Nation-BuildingIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: Complying with Colonialism presents a complex analysis of the habitual weak regard attributed to the colonial ties of Nordic Countries. It introduces the concept of 'colonial complicity', whilst offering new insights for feminist and postcolonial studies. The contributions from numerous international academics illustrate its importance within sociological academia, and the invaluable source of information it holds for governmental researchers and policy makers.