Italian Mobilities by Ruth Ben-Ghiat Paperback Book

Description: Italian Mobilities by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Stephanie Hom This edited volume presents a first-of-its-kind study of modern Italy as a mobile construct. It offers a critical accounting of the histories, power, and politics specific to Italian mobile practices, and reflects upon Italys paradoxical status as both a space of transit and a signifier of heritage and fixity. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Italian nation-state has been defined by practices of mobility. Tourists have flowed in from the era of the Grand Tour to the present, and Italians flowed out in massive numbers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Italians made up the largest voluntary emigration in recorded world history. As a bridge from Africa to Europe, Italy has more recently been a destination of choice for immigrants whose tragic stories of shipwreck and confinement are often in the news. This first-of-its-kind edited volume offers a critical accounting of those histories and practices, shedding new light on modern Italy as a flashpoint for mobilities as they relate to nationalism, imperialism, globalization, and consumer, leisure, and labor practices. The books eight essays reveal how a country often appreciated for what seems immutable - its classical and Renaissance patrimony - has in fact been shaped by movement and transit. Author Biography Ruth Ben-Ghiat is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University.Stephanie Malia Hom is Presidents Associates Presidential Professor of Italian at the University of Oklahoma. Table of Contents Foreword Introduction 1. Beyond the Italies: Italy as a Mobile Subject? 2. Italian Mobilities and Circulating Diasporas in Neoliberal Times 3. Contact, Contagion, Immunization. Gianni Amelios Lamerica (1994) 4. Becoming Ospite: Hospitality and Mobility at the Center of Temporary Permanence 5. Italian Mobilities and the Demos 6. Migrating to the Colonies and Building the Myth of Italiani brava gente: The Rise, Demise, and Legacy of Italian Settler Colonialism 7. Imagining Lampedusa 8. Coasts, Blockades, and the Free Movement of People Review The methodological value of this volume consists precisely in finding connections between past and present while using the larger umbrella of mobilities studies as a comparative lens through which to study a variety of historical phenomena. The volume explores at great length the formation of Italianness through mobility.—Cristina Lombardi-Diop, Loyola University Chicago, Italian American Review, Volume 8, Number 1, This is a great read for anyone who studies Italian emigration, colonialism or immigration, as it allows the reader to see quite clearly how these three topics are deeply interconnected. It lays bare the synchronic and diachronic global webs that run through Italy, connecting and disconnecting multiple flows of people.Avy Valladares, Berkeley City College, Altreitalie Details ISBN0367869861 Pages 206 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2019 ISBN-10 0367869861 ISBN-13 9780367869861 Format Paperback Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Stephanie Hom DEWEY 304.845 Affiliation New York University, USA Publication Date 2019-12-12 UK Release Date 2019-12-12 AU Release Date 2019-12-12 NZ Release Date 2019-12-12 Series Changing Mobilities Author Stephanie Hom Alternative 9781138778146 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:138384646;

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