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Navigating the Radar: Descendants of Polish Migrants and Racialized Social Landscapes in Sweden
Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Ethnology.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6482-9182
2021 (English)In: Nordic Journal of Migration Research, E-ISSN 1799-649X, Vol. 11, no 1, p. 65-79Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The article takes interest in the under-researched category of descendants of migrants in Sweden and their specific experiences of racialization. While studies have shown that descendants of migrants from non-European countries tend to be racialized as non-white and non-Swedish in Sweden, descendants of European migrants are less explored. Nevertheless, they are sometimes assumed to be unproblematically integrated into Swedish whiteness. Drawing on in-depth interviews, this article contributes with an empirically based analysis of how the so far almost non-researched case of descendants of Polish migrants in Sweden navigate the racialized social landscape in Sweden. Inspired by critical race- and whiteness studies, the article shows that skin colour, phenotypes, speech and body schemes intersect in the racialization of the descendants. While the descendants often were in possession of materialized Swedish whiteness and also seemed able to perform embodied Swedish whiteness, they nevertheless sometimes became visible and their full inclusion into Swedish whiteness became questioned. 

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Helsinki University Press, 2021. Vol. 11, no 1, p. 65-79
Keywords [en]
Descendants of Polish migrants, second generation, racialization, whiteness, Sweden
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Baltic and East European studies; Critical and Cultural Theory; Historical Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-44700DOI: 10.33134/njmr.26ISI: 000631810800006Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85118686238OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-44700DiVA, id: diva2:1542158
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Transnationalism and belonging in the Baltic Sea region among descendants to Polish migrants in Sweden, The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies
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The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, 28/2017Available from: 2021-04-06 Created: 2021-04-06 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved

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