Full Description
Europe is often described as "flooded" by migrants or by Muslim "others," with Western African men especially portrayed as a security risk. At the same time the intensified mobility of privileged people in the Global North is celebrated as creating an increasingly cosmopolitan world. This book looks critically at racialization of mobility in Europe, anchoring the discussion in the aspiration of precarious migrants from Niger in Belgium and Italy. The book contextualizes their experiences within the ongoing securitization of mobility in their home country and the persistent denial of racism and colonialism that seeks to portray the innocence of Europe.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Making Precarious Migrants
Chapter 1. Living in Divided Europe: The Theme Park and the Street
Chapter 2. "Enough of Refugees": Depictions of Precarious Migrants in Europe
Chapter 3. Into the Heart of Europe: Migrants in Brussels and Beyond
Chapter 4. Global Citizens and the Backstage
Chapter 5. Multicultural Europe: Invasions against European Values?
Part II: Entangled Histories
Chapter 6. This is All in the Past Now: Niger and a Global World
Chapter 7. Nostalgic Colonialism: Different Kinds of Otherness
Chapter 8. Spaces of Innocence: Belgium's Colonial History and Beyond
Part III: Europe's Past and Future
Chapter 9. The Heart of Darkness: EUrope as a Concept
Conclusion: Welcome to the Future: Dismaland and Anxieties in Europe
References
Index
