Race and Labour among Russian Migrants
Reclaiming Whiteness in Europe
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bristol University Press
Publishing:23rd Apr '26
£80.00
This title is due to be published on 23rd April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
As racial boundaries are constantly negotiated in Europe and across the globe, this book explores how Russian migrant workers navigate racial capitalism in the Nordic region.
Challenging the idea of a ‘race-neutral’ Eastern Europe, the book reveals how Russian migrants actively claim whiteness, often finding themselves on the margins of acceptability. Uniquely combining postsocialist and postcolonial perspectives, the author examines how these migrants, seeking recognition as European, reinforce economic and racial divides shaped by global capitalism.
This timely work offers fresh insights into race, migration and the boundaries of whiteness across Europe’s borders.
'An urgent read for those interested in the workings of Whiteness as a regime of power upheld by (semi)peripheral Europeans.' Manuela Boatcă, University of Freiburg
'This book is a must read for anyone interested in whiteness, Europe, Russia and migration.' Lucy Mayblin, University of Sheffield.
ISBN: 9781529246612
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
240 pages