Examines the impact of colonialism and postcolonial migration on the politics and identity of Euro-American imperial powers. This book considers how outsiders are part of the construction of the native identity of the nation-state, and also how they challenge its coherence when they return to the centre in our increasingly globalized world.

In this fascinating book, Jorge Luis Andrade Fernandes critically examines the impact of colonialism and postcolonial migration on the politics and identity of Euro-American imperial powers. It considers how 'outsiders' are part of the construction of the 'native' identity of the nation-state, and also how they challenge its essential coherence when they 'return' to the centre in our increasingly globalized world. Engaging in a theoretically-motivated discussion of a range of sources (film, fiction, political theory and state policy); the volume traces the nomadic movement of bodies across...