Italians in Australia : history, memory, identity /
This book provides a concise and innovative history of Italian migration to Australia over the past 150 years. It focuses on crucial aspects of the migratory experience, including work and socioeconomic mobility, disorientation and reorientation, gender and sexual identities, racism, sexism, family...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2018]
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| Series: | Palgrave studies in migration history.
Palgrave pivot. |
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| Summary: | This book provides a concise and innovative history of Italian migration to Australia over the past 150 years. It focuses on crucial aspects of the migratory experience, including work and socioeconomic mobility, disorientation and reorientation, gender and sexual identities, racism, sexism, family life, aged care, language, religion, politics and ethnic media. The history of Italians in Australia is reframed through key theoretical concepts, including transculturation, transnationalism, decoloniality, and intersectionality. This book challenges common assumptions about the Italian-Australian community, including the idea that migrants are 'stuck' in the past, and the tendency to assess migrants' worth according to their socio-economic success and their alleged contribution to the nation. It focuses instead on the complex, intense, inventive, dynamic and resilient strategies developed by migrants within complex transcultural and transnational contexts. In doing so, this book provides a new way of rethinking and remembering the history of Italians in Australia. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 147 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 3319788728 9783319788722 |