A recurring theme of the public discourse on immigration in Europe
today is that migrants are primarily young people, of working age.
Against this short-sighted view, the main contribution of this book
is to propose that processes of ageing and dying constitute a
critical juncture in the settlement of migrant-origin communities,
precipitating novel intercultural negotiations in societies
characterized by post-migration diversity. Bringing together seven
studies reflecting different institutional and (trans)national
contexts, the chapters fall under two main themes. A key issue when
facing death is the organization of adequate care for the dying,
which may be a challenging task in pluralized settings involving
both migrant patients and migrant carers. Facing the end of life
furthermore involves the practice of rituals in order to make sense
of the transition from life to death. Whether through care or
ritual, the studies presented here show that the need to reconcile
different cultural, religious and administrative norms relating to
death is infused with ontological insecurities which may result in
new or renewed interrogations of identities and belongings. This
book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of
Intercultural Studies.
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