Uncommon Alliances : Cultural Narratives of Migration in the New Europe /

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Examines European Union's neocolonial sovereignty in cultural narratives of migration. 'Uncommon Alliances' takes a critical stance toward both assimilationist and multicultural imaginings of community in the European Union that occlude neocolonial relations of dependence and exclusio...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kovačević, Nataša, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Immigrants > Europe.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects
Emigration and immigration > Political aspects
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Immigrants
European Union countries > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
European Union countries > Emigration and immigration > Political aspects.
European Union countries > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.
Pays de l'Union européenne > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
Pays de l'Union européenne > Émigration et immigration > Aspect politique.
Pays de l'Union européenne > Émigration et immigration > Aspect économique.
European Union countries
Europe
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Examines European Union's neocolonial sovereignty in cultural narratives of migration. 'Uncommon Alliances' takes a critical stance toward both assimilationist and multicultural imaginings of community in the European Union that occlude neocolonial relations of dependence and exclusion. Brining into conversation postcolonial and post-communist migration narratives from Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe, it aims to capture the emergent shift from national to postnational European space. Through its examination of cultural texts, including works by Jamal Mahjoub, Mike Phillips, Laila Lalami, Mahi Binebine, Dubravka Ugrešić and others, this book traces European Union neocolonial practices in relation to European history, borders and guiding ideals of community, which exclude various 'others' from their symbolic imaginary. The book deliberately moves the discussion away from social-scientific approaches to humanities and offers a fresh intellectual framework for understanding multicultural identity in Europe. Goes beyond traditional frameworks of cultural analysis (national, ethnic, or language-based) by focusing on narratives which take the European Union as a point of reference. Shifts focus from narratives depicting interactions between different cultures to those imagining communities of solidarity based on common economic or historical marginalisation in the European Union. Revises postcolonial theory by arguing that the European Union exemplifies a new, 'consensual' regime of colonial governance.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (iv, 266 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781474435901
1474435904
9781474435918
1474435912

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