03884nam 2200733 a 450 991077913660332120200520144314.01-280-87612-397866137174360-85745-328-910.1515/9780857453280(CKB)2550000000104912(EBL)951810(OCoLC)803372330(SSID)ssj0000701743(PQKBManifestationID)12278659(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000701743(PQKBWorkID)10675278(PQKB)11492324(Au-PeEL)EBL951810(CaPaEBR)ebr10578594(CaONFJC)MIL371743(DE-B1597)636187(DE-B1597)9780857453280(PPN)16511245X(MiAaPQ)EBC951810(EXLCZ)99255000000010491220111006d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPostcolonial migrants and identity politics[electronic resource] Europe, Russia, Japan and the United States in comparison /edited by Ulbe Bosma, Jan Lucassen, and Gert OostindieNew York Berghahn Books20121 online resource (270 p.)International studies in social history ;v. 18Description based upon print version of record.0-85745-327-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 theseInternational studies in social history ;v. 18.Emigration and immigrationHistory20th centuryCase studiesEmigration and immigrationPolitical aspectsCase studiesPostcolonialismCase studiesImmigrantsCase studiesGroup identityCase studiesEmigration and immigrationHistoryEmigration and immigrationPolitical aspectsPostcolonialismImmigrantsGroup identity325Bosma Ulbe1962-801820Lucassen Jan125307Oostindie Gert801056MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779136603321Postcolonial migrants and identity politics3787255UNINA