We are all Africans here: race, mobilities, and West Africans in Europe

"Europe is often described as 'flooded' by migrants or by Muslim 'others,' with Western African men especially portrayed as a security risk. At the same time the intensified mobility of privileged people in the Global North is celebrated as creating an increasingly cosmopoli...

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1. Verfasser: Kristín Loftsdóttir 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; Oxford Berghahn 2022
Schriftenreihe:Worlds in motion volume 10
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Zusammenfassung:"Europe is often described as 'flooded' by migrants or by Muslim 'others,' with Western African men especially portrayed as a security risk. At the same time the intensified mobility of privileged people in the Global North is celebrated as creating an increasingly cosmopolitan world. This book looks critically at racialization of mobility in Europe, anchoring the discussion in the aspiration of precarious migrants from Niger in Belgium and Italy. Their voices show some of the contradictions in current discourses. The book contextualizes their experiences within the ongoing securitization of mobility in their home country and the persistent denial of racism and colonialism that seeks to secure the innocence of Europe"--
Beschreibung:xii, 173 Seiten Illustrationen, Karte
ISBN:9781800733275

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