Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Changing Perspectives on Migration History and Research in Switzerland: An Introduction; Barbara L thi and Damir Skenderovic.- Part I: Epistemic Landscapes: Constructing and Deconstructing Categories.- The 'Sociologic' of Immigration. A Case Study on the Emergence of Social Research on Migration and Integration in Switzerland, 1960-1973; Kijan Espahangizi.- Labelling Migrants in Switzerland: Social, Political and Symbolic Dimensions; Francesca Poglia Mileti.- Democratising Switzerland: Challenging Whiteness in Public Space; Patricia Purtschert.- Part II: Migration Regimes: Enforcement and Consolidation.- Deportations of 'Vagabonds' and 'Romanichas' in Geneva and Haute-Savoie (1900-1914): Connecting Categories of Exclusion; Irma Gadient.- Migration in Swiss Broadcasting (1960s-1970s): Players, Policies, Representations; Nelly Valsangiacomo.- Culturalisation of Gender: When Ivan Meets Maria; Francesco Garufo and Christelle Maire.- The Vitality of Borders: Migration Through and Bordering Practices in Switzerland; Jana H berlein.- Part III: Migrants' Participation and Resistance.- Migrant Associations: Political Opportunities and Structural Ambivalences. The Case of the Federation of Free Italian Colonies in Switzerland; Toni Ricciardi and Sandro Cattacin.- The Rights of Those Who Have No Rights. Italian Parent Committees in Local Educational Politics in Zurich (1960-1980); Philipp Eigenmann.- Social Assistance and Self-Organised Interest Groups. The Counselling Centre for Foreign Workers and Italian Educational Institutions in Basle-City (1960s-1980s); Flavia Grossmann.- Part IV: Transnational Entanglements and Exchanges .- Traces of Migration: Postcards Between Switzerland and Brazil, 1900-1930; Stefan Wellgraf.- Switzerland, Decolonisation, and Migration: The Case of the Association of Swiss Despoiled of Algeria or Overseas Possessions; Marisa Fois.- 'Swissness Overseas': Whiteness and the Boundaries of Belonging; Angela Sanders.-Re-negotiating Switzerland from Abroad. An Ethnographic Perspective on Citizenship-Belonging Nexuses; Seraina M ller and Aldina Camenisch.- Epilogue; Donna Gabaccia.
Synopsis
Explores the relationship between migration, power and agency in one of the countries with the highest migrant population in Europe
Brings together historians, sociologists, anthropologists and cultural studies scholars to offer new perspectives on historical experiences and legacies of migration
Takes a transnational and comparative approach to migration history