ABSTRACT

Complying with Colonialism presents a complex analysis of the habitual weak regard attributed to the colonial ties of Nordic Countries. It introduces the concept of ’colonial complicity’ to explain the diversity through which northern European countries continue to take part in (post)colonial processes. The volume combines a new perspective on the analysis of Europe and colonialism, whilst offering new insights for feminist and postcolonial studies by examining how gender equality is linked to ’European values’, thus often European superiority. With an international team of experts ranging from various disciplinary backgrounds, this volume will appeal not only to academics and scholars within postcolonial sociology, social theory, cultural studies, ethnicity, gender and feminist thought, but also cultural geographers, and those working in the fields of welfare, politics and International Relations. Policy makers and governmental researchers will also find this to be an invaluable source.

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

Postcolonialism and the Nordic Models of Welfare and Gender

part |99 pages

Postcolonial Histories/Postcolonial Presents

chapter |16 pages

Colonial Complicity

The ‘Postcolonial' in a Nordic Context

chapter |16 pages

The Flipside of my Passport

Myths of Origin and Genealogy of White Supremacy in the Mediated Social Genetic Imaginary

chapter |18 pages

The Promise of the ‘Nordic' and its Reality in the South

The Experiences of Mexican Workers as Members of the ‘Volvo Family'

part |87 pages

Welfare State and its ‘Others'

chapter |18 pages

When Racism Becomes Individualised

Experiences of Racialisation among Adult Adoptees and Adoptive Parents of Sweden

chapter |18 pages

Contradicting the ‘Prostitution Stigma'

Narratives of Russian Migrant Women Living in Norway

chapter |18 pages

‘Experience is a National Asset'

A Postcolonial Reading of Ageing in the Labour Market

chapter |16 pages

Licorice Boys and Female Coffee Beans

Representations of Colonial Complicity in Finnish Visual Culture