Challenging Euro-America's Politics of Identity: The Return of the Native (Rethinking Globalizations) 1st Edition by Fernandes, Jorge Luis Andrade published by Routledge Hardcover

In this fascinating book, Jorge Luis Andrade Fernandes critically examines the impact of colonialism and postcolonial migration on the politics and identity of Euro-American imperial powers. It considers how ‘outsiders’ are part of the construction of the ‘native’ identity of the nation-state, and also how they challenge its essential coherence when they ‘return’ to the centre in our increasingly globalized world. Engaging in a theoretically-motivated discussion of a range of sources (film, fiction, political theory and state policy); the volume traces the nomadic movement of bodies across national frontiers, helping us to question any natural link between nation-states and identities, and between places and peoples. This is not merely a theoretical problem, as Fernandes relates it to the very current crisis of nativistic / multicultural identity in the West. He examines how politics takes shape in transnational social and cultural encounters, and how this new politics is not just about containing aliens, but also contains fruitful possibilities for different modes of being. Challenging Euro-America's Politics of Identity will be of interest to advanced students and scholars in politics, geography, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, African and African-American studies, comparative literature, American studies, and Ethnic studies. Jorge Fernandes' Book Takes Its Subtitle, Return Of The Native, From Thomas Hardy's 1878 Novel. However, Unlike Hardy's Returning Native, The Native With Whom He Is Concerned Is A Nomad Whose Trajectory Of Movement Maps Important Aspects Of The Contemporary And Increasingly Globalized World. In Theoretically Deep Yet Accessible Discussions, The Author Treats A Range Of Sources: Film, Fiction, Political Theory And State Policy. By Tracing The Nomadic Movement Of Bodies Across National Frontiers This Book Helps Us To Question Any Natural Link Between Nation-states And Identities, And Between Places And Peoples. This Is Not Merely A Theoretical Problem, As Fernandes Relates It To The Very Current Crisis Of Nativist/multicultural Identity In The West. The Author Takes Globalization Seriously, But Rather Than Focusing On Its Economic Or Institutional Manifestations, He Examines How Politics Takes Shape In Transnational Social And Cultural Encounters, And How This New Politics Is Not Just About Containing Aliens, But Also Contains Fruitful Possibilities For Different Modes Of Being. This Interdisciplinary Book Will Be Of Interest To Advanced Students And Scholars In Politics, Geography, Postcolonial Studies, Cultural Studies, African And African-american Studies, Comparative Literature, American Studies And Ethnic Studies. Forget The Alamo!: A Eulogy For Caliban -- Can The Postcolonial Be Cosmopolitan? -- Ebola Takes To The Road: Mobilizing Viruses In Defense Of The Nation-state -- Of Multicolored Ghosts And Polyglot Avatars: The Restructuring Of The Postcolonial Discursive Space In Amitav Ghosh's The Calcutta Chromosome -- Fuzzy Aggregates: The Fractal Politics Of Migrancy. Jorge Luis Andrade Fernandes ; Preface By Michael J. Shapiro. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [158]-169) And Index.

In this fascinating book, Jorge Luis Fernandes critically examines the impact of colonialism and postcolonial migration on the politics and identity of Euro-American imperial powers.