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Author:   Eric Einhorn ,  Sherrill Harbison ,  Markus Huss
Publisher:   University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint:   University of Wisconsin Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.575kg
ISBN:  

9780299334802

ISBN 10:   0299334805
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   28 February 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements / Eric Einhorn, Sherrill Harbison & Markus Huss 1. Introduction / Eric Einhorn, Sherrill Harbison & Markus Huss The Politics of Immigration 2. Immigration to Scandinavian Welfare States in the Time of Pluralism / Grete Brochmann 3. Folkhemmet: “The People’s Home” as an Expression of Retrotopian Longing for Sweden Before the Arrival of Mass Migration / Andreas Önnerfors 4. Racing Home: Swedish Reception of Black/White Identity Politics in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election / Benjamin R. Teitelbaum 5. Racist Resurgences: How Neo-Liberal and Anti-Racist Lefts Make Space for the Far Right in Sweden and the United States / Carly Elizabeth Schall On the Ground 6. Coming to Terms with Belonging: Unemployed Migrants and Sociocultural Incorporation in Norway / Kelly Mckowen 7. Crisis and Pattern During the 2015-6 “Refugee Crisis” in Sweden / Admir Skodo 8. Contesting National Identity as a Racial Signifier: Mixed-race Identity in Norway and Sweden / Sayaka Osanami TÖrngren and Tony Sandset 9. Managing Multicultural Tenants: Rental Agreements and Feminist Qualms in AuÐur JÓnsdÓttir’s Deposit and Vigdis Hjorth’s A House in Norway / Elisabeth Oxfeldt 10. Swedish Identity and the Literary Imaginary / Peter Leonard 11. The Issue of Land Rights in Contemporary SÁmi Literature, Art and Music / Anne Heith 12. Afro-Swedish Renaissance / Ryan Thomas Skinner Inheritance 13. Within our Borders: SÁmi Mobilization, the Scandinavian Response, and World War II / Ellen Ahlness 14. Denmark in Miniature: The Interplay of Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Exoticismin Copenhagen’s Tivoli / Julie K. Allen 15. “Musicians Find ‘Utopia’ In Denmark”: African American Jazz Expatriates / Ethelene Whitmire 16. Finnish War Children in Sweden after World War II and Refugee Children of Today / Barbara Mattsson 17. Afterword / Sherrill Harbison

Reviews

Offers an abundance of comparative perspectives on the cultural politics of national identity and belonging. With contributions from an impressive range of disciplines and approaches, it will be an enlightening resource for scholars, teachers, and students of contemporary Scandinavian and European studies. --Dean Krouk, University of Wisconsin-Madison

"""Offers an abundance of comparative perspectives on the cultural politics of national identity and belonging. With contributions from an impressive range of disciplines and approaches, it will be an enlightening resource for scholars, teachers, and students of contemporary Scandinavian and European studies.""--Dean Krouk, University of Wisconsin-Madison ""This concise book effectively contributes to a more profound understanding of multicultural elements in Scandinavia. The volume brings together researchers from a variety of fields. The book is intrinsically interdisciplinary.""--Nordic Journal of Migration Research"

Author Information

Eric Einhorn is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Sherrill Harbison is a senior lecturer emerita at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she was director of Scandinavian studies for twelve years. Markus Huss is an assistant professor of German in the Department of Slavic and Baltic Studies, Finnish, Dutch, and German at Stockholm University.

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