Migration Italy

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'sMigration Italyexamines 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 ofMigration Italy, a unique work of immense importance for understanding society in both modern-day Italy and, indeed, the entire European continent. … celý popis

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Migration Italy

Hlavní autor

Parati, Graziella

Typ dokumentu

eBook Book

Jazyk

English

Vydáno

Toronto University of Toronto Press 2005
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing

Vydání

1

Edice

Toronto Italian studies

Témata

Culture in motion pictures

Emigration & Immigration

Emigration and immigration law

Emigration and immigration law-Italy

Europe

HISTORY

History and criticism

Immigrants

Immigrants in literature

Immigrants in motion pictures

Immigrants' writings, Italian

Immigrants' writings, Italian-History and criticism

In motion pictures

Italian literature

Italian literature-History and criticism

Italy

Motion pictures

Motion pictures-Italy-History and criticism

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Italy

Bibliografie

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ISBN

9781442677265
1442677260
9780802039248
0802039243
9781442626720
9781442620087
1442620080
1442626720

DOI

10.3138/9781442677265