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Migration Italy The Art of Talking Back in a Destination Culture 1st Edition

Author(s)

Graziella Parati

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781442620087, 9781442626720

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

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PDF and EPUB

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In terms of migration, Italy is often thought of as a source country – a place from which people came rather than one to which people go. However, in the past few decades, Italy has indeed become a destination for many people from poor or war-torn countries seeking a better life in a stable environment. Graziella Parati’s Migration Italy examines immigration to Italy in the past twenty years, and explores the processes of cultural hybridization that have occurred.

Working from a cultural studies viewpoint, Parati constructs a theoretical framework for discussing Italy as a country of immigration. She gives special attention to immigrant literature, positing that it functions as an act of resistance, a means to talk back to the laws that regulate the lives of migrants. Parati also examines Italian cinema, demonstrating how native and non-native filmmakers alike create parallels between old and new migrations, complicating the definitions of sameness and difference.

These definitions and the complexities inherent in the different cultural, legal, and political positions of Italy’s people are at the heart of Migration Italy, a unique work of immense importance for understanding society in both modern-day Italy and, indeed, the entire European continent.

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Migration Italy The Art of Talking Back in a Destination Culture 1st Edition

SKU: 9781442677265

Original price was: $45.95.Current price is: $13.79.

Access Migration Italy The Art of Talking Back in a Destination Culture 1st Edition Now. Discount up to 90%

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Full Title

Migration Italy The Art of Talking Back in a Destination Culture 1st Edition

Author(s)

Graziella Parati

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781442677265, 9781442626720

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

In terms of migration, Italy is often thought of as a source country – a place from which people came rather than one to which people go. However, in the past few decades, Italy has indeed become a destination for many people from poor or war-torn countries seeking a better life in a stable environment. Graziella Parati’s Migration Italy examines immigration to Italy in the past twenty years, and explores the processes of cultural hybridization that have occurred.

Working from a cultural studies viewpoint, Parati constructs a theoretical framework for discussing Italy as a country of immigration. She gives special attention to immigrant literature, positing that it functions as an act of resistance, a means to talk back to the laws that regulate the lives of migrants. Parati also examines Italian cinema, demonstrating how native and non-native filmmakers alike create parallels between old and new migrations, complicating the definitions of sameness and difference.

These definitions and the complexities inherent in the different cultural, legal, and political positions of Italy’s people are at the heart of Migration Italy, a unique work of immense importance for understanding society in both modern-day Italy and, indeed, the entire European continent.