History, memory and migration : perceptions of the past and the politics of incorporation /

As the growing diversity of societies is recognised as both an asset and a challenge, academia has been forced to re-evaluate some of its basic assumptions about migrant incorporation and social memories. However, scholars have rarely combined Migration Studies and Memory Studies to consider how per...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Kleist, J. Olaf, 1975- (Editor), Glynn, Irial, 1979- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Series:Palgrave Macmillan memory studies.
Subjects:
Immigrants > Cultural assimilation.
Collective memory.
Nationalism.
Cultural pluralism.
Ethnic groups.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Immigrants > Intégration.
Mémoire collective.
Nationalisme.
Diversité culturelle.
Groupes ethniques.
Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
nationalism.
ethnic groups.
Migration, immigration & emigration.
Social & cultural anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Society.
Collective memory
Cultural pluralism
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Ethnic groups
Immigrants > Cultural assimilation
Nationalism
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Memory and Migration Nexus: An Overview; I. Glynn & J.O. Kleist
  • PART I: MIGRANT MEMORIES
  • Cultures of History:The New Left, South Asians, and Historical Memory in Post-war England; K. Meyers
  • 'I am also a foreigner, but with me it's different': Polish Displaced Persons, War Memory and Ethnification in Belgium; M. Venken
  • Using History to Relate: How Teenagers in Germany Use History to Orient Themselves Between Nationalities; J. Raasch
  • PART II: MEMORIES IN DIVERSE SOCIETIES
  • Caught between Two Worlds: The Europeans of Algeria in France after 1962; M. Baussant
  • Remembering Egypt: Evangelicals, Conservatism and Immigration in America; H.B. Leaman
  • African Asylum Seekers and the Changing Politics of Memory in Israel; M. Ram & H. Yacobi
  • Past Migrations, Contemporary Representations and Complex Multicultures in London; M.J. Hickman, H. Crowley & N. Mai
  • PART III: MIGRATION MEMORIES AND THE STATE
  • Famine Commemorations and Asylum Debates in Ireland Conflated; I. Glynn
  • Migrant Incorporation and Political Memories: Transformations of Civic and Cultural Belonging in Australia since 1949; J.O. Kleist
  • Songs for the Nation: Migrant Pasts and Global Futures in Singapore; K.E.Y. Low.

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