Uncommon alliances : cultural narratives of migration in the new Europe

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Uncommon alliances : cultural narratives of migration in the new Europe

Title remainder

cultural narratives of migration in the new Europe

Statement of responsibility

Nataša Kovačević

Creator

• Kovačević, Nataša, 1973-

Subject

• European Union countries -- Emigration and immigration | Economic aspects
• European Union countries -- Emigration and immigration | Political aspects
• European Union countries -- Emigration and immigration | Social aspects

Language

eng

Summary

Uncommon Alliances: Cultural Narratives of Migration in the New Europe takes a critical stance toward both assimilationist and multicultural imaginings of community in the European Union that occlude neocolonial relations of dependence and exclusion. Bringing 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 EU 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.--

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NhCcYBP

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Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Ebsco eBook Collection