Contemporary European Emigration

"This innovative collection turns ‘integration’ on its head through attention to the contemporary migration of Europeans across the world. It analyses underexplored experiences and relationships, from China to Mozambique, and argues that, paradoxically, through decontextualizing the concept of integration, it can be reclaimed. A must read." – Bridget Anderson, Professor of Migration, Mobilities and Citizenship, Director of Migration Mobilities Bristol (MMB), Bristol University

"At a time when international migration generally receives much public and academic attention, European out-migration, especially to non-European countries, has been largely ignored, a gap that Suter (Malmö Univ., Sweden) and Åkesson (Univ. of Gothenberg, Sweden) seek to close with this edited volume. Individual chapters, written mainly by anthropologists, focus on European emigration to countries including Angola and Mozambique, Japan and Singapore, China, Canada, Morocco, and the Persian Gulf states. Contributors explore specific aspects of emigrants’ experiences, including economic, social, and cultural integration into the new milieu; the impact of emigration on national, ethnic, racial, religious, gender, age, and professional identities; and the social, cultural, economic, and political relations that develop between the emigrants and their hosts. Even though national boundaries have been crossed, boundary drawing on other dimensions is a constant preoccupation. Migrations from former colonial powers to former colonies are seen as raising particular issues of hegemony and hybridity. Overall, the case studies explore a wide variety of individual situations that play out in interesting, informative ways, belying the stereotypical image of privileged and consciously insulated expatriates." -M. F. Farrell, emeritus, Ripon College