Whiteness and Postcolonialism in the Nordic Region: Exceptionalism, Migrant Others and National Identities. Edited by Kristn Loftsd[ttir and Lars Jens (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138266971)

This book examines the influence of imperialism and colonialism on the formation of national identities in the Nordic countries, exploring the manner in which contemporary discourses in Nordic society are rendered meaningful or obscured by references to past events and tropes related to the practices and ideologies of colonialism. Against the background of Nordic 'exceptionalism', it explores the manner in which the interwoven racial, gendered and nationalistic ideologies associated with the colonial project form part of contemporary Nordic identities. An important challenge to national identities that can become increasingly inward looking, Whiteness and Postcolonialism in the Nordic Region sheds light on the ways in which certain notions and structural inequalities, understood as residue from the colonial period, become recreated or projected onto different groups. Presenting a variety of case studies drawn from Sweden, Finland, Norway, Greenland, Denmark and Iceland, this book will be of interest to scholars across the social sciences and humanities conducting research in the fields of race and ethnicity, identity and belonging, media representations of 'the other' and colonialism and postcolonialism.

Author: Krist?n Loftsd?ttir, Lars Jensen
ISBN-10: 1138266973
ISBN-13: 9781138266971
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2016
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.42d