|
Showing 1 - 2 of
2 matches in All Departments
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.
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.
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
|