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

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    • Glynn, Irial
    • Kleist, J. Olaf

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

edited by Irial Glynn and J. Olaf Kleist

(Palgrave Macmillan memory studies)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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By conversing with the main bodies of relevant literature from Migration Studies and Memory Studies, this overview highlights how analysing memories can contribute to a better understanding of the complexities of migrant incorporation. The chapters consider international case studies from Europe, North America, Australia, Asia and the Middle East.

Table of Contents

  • List of Illustrations Foreword
  • J.Winter Notes on Contributors 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 Notes Index

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