Being “The Damned Foreigner”: Affective National Sentiments and Racialization of Lithuanians in Iceland
Abstract
The discussion draws from recent writing on the meaning of ‘whiteness’ in the Nordic countries, emphasizing the importance to understand racialization in different localities. Racism is entangled with affective meanings related to discourse of the nation, furthermore, as shaped by global discourses and class. The discussion exemplifies this in the context of migrants from Lithuania in Iceland, demonstrating how they become racialized in Iceland during the boom period in the early 2000s.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/njmr-2017-0012 | Journal eISSN: 1799-649X
Language: English
Page range: 70 - 78
Published on: Jun 27, 2017
Published by: Helsinki University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2017 Kristín Loftsdóttir, published by Helsinki University Press
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