The cultures of Italian migration : diverse trajectories and discrete perspectives / edited by Graziella Parati and Anthony Julian Tamburri.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parati, Graziella.

Tamburri, Anthony Julian

Thea Marie Garfield Fund.

Series:

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies

The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italians--Foreign countries.

Social conditions.

Emigration and immigration.

Social aspects.

Italy--Emigration and immigration--History.

Italy.

History.

Italy--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Immigrants--Italy--Social conditions.

Immigrants.

Italians--Foreign countries--Social conditions.

Italians.

Physical Description:

viii, 274 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2011]

Summary:

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 nonlinear 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 areas in the 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. Book jacket.

Anthony Julian Tamburri is dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College/CUNY and professor of Italian and Comparative Literature. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Screening the Silent Film: Reginald Barker's The Italian and the Resurgence of American Nativism / Norma Bouchard Bouchard, Norma 9

2 Dagli Appennini alle risaie: Italian Glocal Soundscapes, Memory, History, Performance in the Voice of Women / Clarissa Clò Clò, Clarissa 23

3 Voices of a Minor Empire: Migrant Women Writers in Contemporary Italy / Lidia Curti Curti, Lidia 45

4 Beyond the European Fortress: Mappings of Migrant Trails in Yousef Wakkas's Narratives / Roberto Derobertis Derobertis, Roberto 59

5 The Italian Ethnic Press in a Global Perspective / Bénédicte Deschamps Deschamps, Bénédicte 75

6 Italianization of Emigration to Canada: Or, What is the Role of the Italies outside of Italy? / Eveljn Ferraro Ferraro, Eveljn 95

7 "Architextualizing" the Italian Immigration Experience to the United States: Bricklayers and Writers in John Fante's Works / Teresa Fiore Fiore, Teresa 109

8 Italiani agli antipodi: Italian Immigrant Identities in New Zealand / Sarah Patricia Hill Hill, Sarah Patricia 127

9 "Staying Longer in Water Does not Turn a Stick into a Crocodile": The Transformative Powers of Senegalese Culture in Italy / Cristina Lombardi-Diop Lombardi-Diop, Cristina 141

10 Italian Migrations and Diasporic Approaches: Historical Phenomena and Scholarly Interpretations / Stefano Luconi Luconi, Stefano 153

11 Transgression, Integration, Suspension: The Sense Wars / Space Wars of the Body in Italian Literature and Film of Immigration / Vetri Nathan Nathan, Vetri 169

12 Razzismi / Imbarazzismi: Comedy and Community in the Writings of Kossi Komla-Ebri / Marie Orton Orton, Marie 185

13 The Geographical Approach to the Study of Immigration in Italy: Space, Territory, Ethnic Landscapes / Davide Papotti Papotti, Davide 197

14 Unwilling Multiculturalism: The Italian Immigrant Women and the Americanization Movement / Emanuel Rota Rota, Emanuel 217

15 Migrants, Subalterns, "Theorized-" and "No cost-" "Others": On the Role and the Abuse of the Representation of Migrants in the Current Study of South Asian Religious Cultures / Federico Squarcini Squarcini, Federico 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Thea Marie Garfield Fund.

ISBN:

1611470382

9781611470383

9781611470390

1611470390

OCLC:

711777280

Publisher Number:

99944423800