Nordic Whiteness and Migration to the USA - A Historical Exploration of Identity (Paperback)

This volume explores the complex and contradictory ways in which the cultural, scientific and political myth of whiteness has influenced identities, self-perceptions and the process of integration of Nordic immigrants into multicultural and racially segregated American society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In deploying central insights from whiteness studies, postcolonial feminist and intersectionality theories, it shows that Nordic immigrants - Danes, Swedes, Finns, Norwegians and Sami - contributed to and challenged American racism and white identity. A diverse group of immigrants, they could proclaim themselves 'hyper-white' and 'better citizens than anybody else', including Anglo-Saxons, thus taking for granted the racial bias of American citizenship and ownership rights, yet there were also various, unexpected intersections of whiteness with ethnicity, regional belonging, gender, sexuality, and political views. 'Nordic whiteness', then, was not a monolithic notion in the USA and could be challenged by other identities, which could even turn white Nordic immigrants into marginalised figures. A fascinating study of whiteness and identity among white migrants in the USA, Nordic Whiteness will appeal to scholars of sociology, history and anthropology with interests in Scandinavian studies, migration and diaspora studies and American studies.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Migration and Diaspora
Release date:	April 2022
First published:	2021
Editors:	Jana Sverdljuk • Terje Mikael Hasle Joranger • Erika Jackson • Peter Kivisto
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-53546-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration
LSN:	0-367-53546-7
Barcode:	9780367535469

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