ISBN:
9781000936339
,
1000936333
,
1003266886
,
9781003266884
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (126 pages).
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Development, Mobilities and Migration Series
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Development, Mobilities and Migration Series.
Parallel Title:
Print version: Marchetti-Mercer, Maria Chiara. Italian Diaspora in South Africa.
DDC:
305.851068
Keywords:
Italian diaspora
;
Italians Ethnic identity.
;
Children of immigrants
;
Nostalgia.
;
Enfants d'immigrants
;
Nostalgie.
;
Children of immigrants
;
Italians Ethnic identity
;
Nostalgia
;
South Africa
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Situating our work -- Chapter 2 Meeting in the diaspora, researching the diaspora -- Chapter 3 Theoretical context -- Chapter 4 Historical context of the Italian community -- Chapter 5 "Our family does everything together": The importance of the family of origin -- Chapter 6 "I find it unique and I am proud to be Italian": The relationship with Italy and the larger Italian community in South Africa
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 7 "The point of going to Italy is the sense of belonging": The meaning of visits to Italy -- Chapter 8 "There is a lot of pain that I have inherited": Identity through nostalgia -- Chapter 9 "I don't feel Italian there and I don't feel South African here": Finding belonging in an interliminal space -- Chapter 10 Conclusion -- Appendix: The participants -- Index
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