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Complying with colonialism : gender, race and ethnicity in the Nordic region
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Mulinari et al. as discussed by the authors present a post-colonial reading of the Bosnian diaspora in the context of Nordic welfare and gender models of welfare, gender, and race.Abstract:
Contents: Introduction: postcolonialism and the Nordic models of welfare and gender, Diana Mulinari, Suvi Keskinen, Sari Irni and Salla Tuori Part I Postcolonial Histories/Postcolonial Presents: Colonial complicity: the 'postcolonial' in a Nordic context, Ulla Vuorela The Nordic colonial mind, Mai Palmberg The flipside of my passport: myths of origin and genealogy of white supremacy in the mediated social genetic imaginary, Bolette B. Blaagaard The promise of the 'Nordic' and its reality in the South: the experiences of Mexican workers as members of the 'Volvo family', Diana Mulinari and Nora RAthzel Stranger or family member? Reproducing postcolonial power relations, Johanna Latvala Historical legacies and neo-colonial forms of power? A postcolonial reading of the Bosnian diaspora, Laura Huttunen. Part II Welfare State and Its 'Others': When racism becomes individualised: experiences of racialisation among adult adoptees and adoptive parents of Sweden, Tobias HA binette and Carina Tigervall Contradicting the 'prostitution stigma': narratives of Russian migrant women living in Norway, Jana Sverdljuk Postcolonial and queer readings of 'migrant families' in the context of multicultural work, Salla Tuori 'Experience is a national asset' a postcolonial reading of ageing in the labour market, Sari Irni Licorice boys and female coffee beans: representations of colonial complicity in Finnish visual culture, Leena-Maija Rossi. Part III Doing Nation and Gender: the Civilising Mission 'At Home': Guiding migrants to the realm of gender equality, Jaana Vuori Institutional nationalism and orientalized others in parental education, Nanna Brink Larsen Whose feminism? Whose emancipation?, Chia-Ling Yang 'Honour'-related violence and Nordic nation-building, Suvi Keskinen Index.read more
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