ISBN:
9781611470390
,
1611470390
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (viii, 274 pages)
Series Statement:
The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Cultures of Italian migration
DDC:
304.80945
Keywords:
Immigrants Social conditions
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Italy
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Italians Social conditions
;
Foreign countries
;
Immigrants Social conditions
;
Italians Social conditions
;
Immigrants ; Social conditions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Emigration & Immigration
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Emigration and immigration
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Emigration and immigration ; Social aspects
;
History
;
Italy Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
Italy Emigration and immigration
;
Social aspects
;
Italy Emigration and immigration
;
History
;
Italy Emigration and immigration
;
Social aspects
;
Italy
;
Electronic books
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Online-Publikation
Abstract:
"The Cultures of Italian Migration allows the adjective 'Italian' to qualify people's movements along diverse trajectories and temporal dimensions. Discussions on migrations to and from Italy meet in that discursive space where critical concepts like 'home, ' 'identity, ' 'subjectivity, ' and 'otherness' eschew stereotyping. This volume demonstrates that interpretations of old migrations are necessary in order to talk about contemporary Italy. New migrations trace new non linear paths in the definition of a multicultural Italy whose roots are unmistakably present throughout the centuries. Some of these essays concentrate on topics that are historically long-term, such as emigration from Italy to the Americas and southern Pacific Ocean. Others focus on the more contemporary phenomena of immigration to Italy from other parts of the world, including Africa. This collection ultimately offers an invitation to seek out new and different modes of analyzing the migratory act"--Provided by publisher
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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