Racialization, Racism, and Anti-Racism in the Nordic Countries

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This book represents a comprehensive effort to understand discrimination, racialization, racism, Islamophobia, anti-racist activism, and the inclusion and exclusion of minorities in Nordic countries. Examining critical media events in this heavily mediatized society, the contributors explore how processes of racialization take place in an environment dominated by commercial interests, anti-migrant and anti-Muslim narratives and sentiments, and a surprising lack of informed research on national racism and racialization. Overall, in tracing how these individual events further racial inequalities through emotional and affective engagement, the book seeks to define the trajectory of modern racism in Scandinavia. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Racialization in the Nordic Countries: An Introduction (Peter Hervik)....Pages 3-37 Racial Turns and Returns: Recalibrations of Racial Exceptionalism in Danish Public Debates on Racism (Mathias Danbolt, Lene Myong)....Pages 39-61 Politics of Fear and Racialized Rape: Intersectional Reading of the Kempele Rape Case (Tuija Saresma)....Pages 63-91 News Media Racialization of Muslims: The Case of Nerikes Allehanda’s Publishing of the Mohamed Caricature (Mahitab Ezz El Din)....Pages 93-109 White Fear: Habitual Whiteness and Racialization of the Threat of Terror in Danish News Journalism (Asta Smedegaard Nielsen)....Pages 111-134 Front Matter ....Pages 135-135 Talking Color-Blind: Justifying and Rationalizing Attitudes Toward Interracial Marriages in Sweden (Sayaka Osanami Törngren)....Pages 137-162 The Vices of Debating Racial Epithets in Danish News Media Discourse (Mantė Vertelytė, Peter Hervik)....Pages 163-181 Anti-Racism from the Margins: Welcoming Refugees at Schengen’s Northernmost Border (Carolina S. Boe, Karina Horsti)....Pages 183-201 Front Matter ....Pages 203-203 Do Antiracist Efforts and Diversity Programs Make a Difference? Assessing the Case of Norway (Christian Stokke)....Pages 205-228 The Power of Being Heard: How Claims Against Racism Are Constructed, Spread, and Listened to in a Hybrid Media Environment (Camilla Haavisto)....Pages 229-262 (Re)Framing Racialization: Djurs Sommerland as a Battleground of (Anti-)Racism (Kjetil Rødje, Tess Sophie Skadegård Thorsen)....Pages 263-281 Whiteness and Racialization (Nasar Meer)....Pages 283-294 Back Matter ....Pages 295-302