Brexit and the Migrant Voice
Title | Brexit and the Migrant Voice PDF eBook |
Author | Christine Berberich |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 229 |
Release | 2022-09-30 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1000685519 |
Brexit and the Migrant Voice provides a platform for the perspectives of European citizens and migrants living and working in the UK by assessing their representation in British and European cultural productions (literature, drama, the media) and by foregrounding their attitudes, their fears, and their concerns about Brexit. The book looks at Brexit through the eyes of Britain’s European citizens (‘Europe in Britain’), while also looking at European perceptions of Britain as a nation (‘Britain in Europe’), via a geographical journey – from West to East –across Europe. The book assesses how these countries, their citizens, and their cultural productions engage with the questions and challenges posed by Brexit. It brings together an exciting line-up of European academics and scholars, both early-career and well-established, from a variety of subject disciplines. Some live and work within UK Higher Education Institutions and thus look at Britain from within, while others reside within their countries of origin and look at Britain from the outside. Their chapters assess Brexit via a plethora of cultural outputs – Brexit fiction from their individual countries, opinion pieces, press discussions, but also narratives of compatriots affected by the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. The authors’ individual focal points on fiction, journalism, blog posts, theatre performances, and other cultural productions offer an innovative and comprehensive picture about thoughts on Brexit from around Europe that will fill an important gap in the market. This book will appeal to the academic market at undergraduate, postgraduate, and academic researcher level in a wide variety of disciplines including Literature, Politics and International Relations, European Studies, History, Cultural Studies, Sociology, and Media Studies.
Brexit and Beyond: Nation and Identity
Title | Brexit and Beyond: Nation and Identity PDF eBook |
Author | Daniela Keller |
Publisher | Narr Francke Attempto Verlag |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2021-03-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 3823394142 |
This volume explores the cultural significance of Brexit, situating it in debates about nation and identity. Contributors to this collection seek to contextualize Britain's decision to leave the EU and to assess its reverberations in language, literature, and culture. Addressing such aspects as British exceptionalism, myth-making, medievalism, and nostalgia, contributions range from travelogues, Ladybird books, and rural cinema-going to ageing. An important focus lies on marginalized groups and geographical fringes, as contributors attend to the Irish situation and the scarcity of EU migrants in Brexit literature (BrexLit). Finally, two essays widen the perspective to assess American parallels to the discourses about a Brexit that is still far from "done."
Reclaiming Migration
Title | Reclaiming Migration PDF eBook |
Author | Vicki Squire |
Publisher | |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2021-03-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781526144812 |
Reclaiming migration critically assesses the EU's migration policy by presenting the unheard voices of the so-called migrant crisis. It undertakes an extensive analysis of a counter-archive of migratory testimonies, co-produced with people on the move across the Mediterranean during 2015 and 2016, to document how EU policy developments create precarity on the part of those migrating under perilous conditions. The book draws attention to the flawed assumptions embedded within the policy agenda, while also exploring the claims and demands for justice that are advanced by people on the move. Written collectively by a team of esteemed scholars from across multiple disciplines, Reclaiming migration makes an important contribution to debates surrounding migration, borders, postcolonialism and the politics of knowledge production.
EU Migrant Workers, Brexit and Precarity
Title | EU Migrant Workers, Brexit and Precarity PDF eBook |
Author | Eva A. Duda-Mikulin |
Publisher | Policy Press |
Pages | 174 |
Release | 2019-03-29 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1447351630 |
How has the Brexit vote affected EU migrants to the UK? This book presents a female Polish perspective, using findings from research carried out with migrants interviewed before and after the Brexit vote – voices of real people who made their home in the UK. It looks at how migrants view Brexit and what it means for them, how their experiences compare pre- and post-Brexit vote, and their future plans, as well as considering the wider implications of the migrant experience in relation to precarity and the British paid labour market.
Migrant Women's Voices
Title | Migrant Women's Voices PDF eBook |
Author | Linda McDowell |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Emigration and immigration |
ISBN | 9781474224468 |
"Between 1945 and the new century millions of women, including mothers and migrants, joined the labour force. These changes are brought to life through the stories of migrant women, working in factories and hospitals, banks, care homes, shops and universities over a period of 60 years. Migrant Women's Voices is an autobiography of the post-war period as Britain became a multi-cultural society and waged work the norm for most women. McDowell illustrates the shift in migration patterns as post-imperial migrants to the UK replaced the immediate post-war pattern of migrants from war-torn Europe and who were then themselves joined by migrants from an increasingly diverse range of countries as the 20th century drew to a close."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
How Does Local-level Contact Shape Attitudes Towards EU Migrants?
Title | How Does Local-level Contact Shape Attitudes Towards EU Migrants? PDF eBook |
Author | Alexandra Bulat |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Young EU Migrants in London in the Transition to Brexit
Title | Young EU Migrants in London in the Transition to Brexit PDF eBook |
Author | Aija Lulle |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 2022-08-09 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1000623866 |
London has long been a magnet for migrants, millions of whom have been attracted by its economic, educational and cultural roles as a truly global city. This book examines recent European migration to the London region through the narrated experiences of a large number of younger migrants from ‘old’ and ‘new’ EU member states, of varying educational and skill backgrounds. The research opens multiple windows into the lives of young EU migrants from six different countries before and after the 2016 Referendum on 'Brexit'. A key concept which lies at the core of the analysis is the interrelationship between geographical mobility and the youth transition to adulthood. Among the dimensions documented are study and employment trajectories, housing and social inclusion, identity and belonging, and transnational ties. By paying attention to young people's own accounts of their mobile lives, the research pushes the boundaries of traditional understandings of youth transitions and life paths. As an indispensable account of young EU migrants during the Brexit process, the book will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students across the social sciences, especially those interested in migration, youth studies and European studies, as well as researchers and policy-makers.