Introduction: Nordic exceptionalism and Nordic 'others', Kristin Loftsdottir-- Colonial discourse and ambivalence: Norwegian participants on the colonial arena in South Africa, Erlend Eidsvik-- Colonialism, racism and exceptionalism, Christina Petterson-- 'Words that wound': Swedish Whiteness and its inability to accommodate minority e-experiences, Tobias Hubinette-- Belonging and the Icelandic others: situating Icelandic identity in a postcolobial context, Kristin Loftsdottir-- Transnational influences, gender equality and violence in Muslim families, Suvi Keskinen-- Reading history through Finnish exceptionalism, Anna Rastas-- Danishness as Whiteness in crisis: emerging post-imperial and development aid anxieties, Lars Jensen-- Breasts and boundaries, Serena Maurer and Kirsten Hvenegard-Lassen-- Intimacy with the Danish nation-state: my partner, the Danish state and I - a case studyof family reunification policy in Denmark, Linda Lund Pedersen-- Aesthetics and ethnicity: the role of boundary-marking in contemporary Sami and Tornedalian art, Anne Heith-- Index.