Description
Book SynopsisThese 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.
Trade Review'Highly readable and thought provoking.' -- Anne Urbancic Quaderni d'italianistica 'This book will be valuable to readers interested in contemporary Italy and the diversity of its voices in literature and film ... Recommended.' -- S. Vander Closter CHOICE 'Migration Italy stands as the first monograph in English genuinely dedicated to Italian migrant literature and cinema, and it achieves impressively its author's objective.' -- Jennifer Burns Modern Italy
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction * Strategies of 'Talking Back' * Minor Literature, 'Minor Italy' * Cinema and Migration: 'What' and 'Who' Is a Migrant * The Laws of Migration * Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
