ABSTRACT
Introduction: (multi)cultural citizenship and migration The notion of cultural citizenship emerged in the United States in the 1980s as a response to the need for reconceptualizing theoretically the nature of the battle for civic rights and recognition of ethnic minorities and migrant groups. Initially used among Chicano activists the notion emphasised identity, political recognition and cultural effervescence of the Latino population in America (Gomez-Quiñones 1990; Flores 1997). As Rosaldo (1994a, 1994b) pointed out, cultural citizenship responded primarily to the demands of disadvantaged subjects for full citizenship in spite of their cultural difference from mainstream society. In this respect, the notion of cultural citizenship signified the emergence of the notion of culture and cultural performance in relation to migrants’ claims for citizenship.
