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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



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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 Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
Disciplina: 325
Soggetto topico: Emigration and immigration - History - 20th century
Emigration and immigration - Political aspects
Postcolonialism
Immigrants
Group identity
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: BosmaUlbe <1962->  
LucassenJan  
OostindieGert  
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
Titolo autorizzato: Postcolonial migrants and identity politics  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-87612-3
9786613717436
0-85745-328-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910452771003321
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Serie: International studies in social history ; ; v. 18.