Scandinavians in Chicago

The Origins of White Privilege in Modern America

Erika K. Jackson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2018 | New edition
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-04211-9 (ISBN)

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Scandinavian immigrants encountered a strange paradox in 1890s Chicago. Though undoubtedly foreign, these newcomers were seen as Nordics--the "race" proclaimed by the scientific racism of the era as the very embodiment of white superiority. As such, Scandinavians from the beginning enjoyed racial privilege and the success it brought without the prejudice, nativism, and stereotyping endured by other immigrant groups. Erika K. Jackson examines how native-born Chicagoans used ideological and gendered concepts of Nordic whiteness and Scandinavian ethnicity to construct social hegemony. Placing the Scandinavian-American experience within the context of historical whiteness, Jackson delves into the processes that created the Nordic ideal. She also details how the city's Scandinavian immigrants repeated and mirrored the racial and ethnic perceptions disseminated by American media. An insightful look at the immigrant experience in reverse, Scandinavians in Chicago bridges a gap in our understanding of how whites constructed racial identity in America.

Erika K. Jackson is a professor of history at Colorado Mesa University.

CoverTitleCopyrightContentsList of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. When Scandinavians Were Swarthy: Migration and the Origins of "Scandinavian Stock" in Chicago2. Vikings and Dumb Blondes: The Construction of American Discourse on Nordic and Scandinavian White3. The "Swedish Maid": "Strong" Nordic Workers in an Elite American World4. Scandinavians Behaving Badly: Vice, Representation, and Reform in Early-Twentieth-Century Chicago5. World War I, Nativist Rhetoric, and the "White Man Par Excellence"6. The New Nordic Man of the 1920sConclusion: The Contemporary Importance of Nordic WhitenessNotesIndex

Erscheinungsdatum	18.12.2018
Zusatzinfo	17 black & white photographs, 9 tables
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	313 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-252-04211-5 / 0252042115
ISBN-13	978-0-252-04211-9 / 9780252042119
Zustand	Neuware