Details

Subject(s)

• Culture conflict—Italy—Sicily [Browse]
• Sicily (Italy)—Ethnic relations [Browse]
• Sicily (Italy)—Race relations [Browse]
• Sicily (Italy)—Emigration and immigration [Browse]
• Sicily (Italy)—Social conditions—1945- [Browse]

Series

Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ; 107. [More in this series]

Summary note

In the last twenty years, immigration has become one of the most contested issues in Western Europe. The arrival of Africans, Asians, Eastern Europeans and others in Italy has reversed earlier trends of emigration. Debate, political activity and violence have raised questions of rejection and integration, of anti-racism and the new racism. Studies of these issues commonly focus on political activity and the plight of minorities, but this book breaks new ground in its emphasis on the everyday reactions of Italians to immigration and related issues. Drawing on research carried out in Palermo, Jeffrey Cole considers the role of class, culture, local history and political economy in the ambivalent responses of Sicilians to immigrants. He places Italian attitudes in a European context, and investigates why anti-immigrant politics are concentrated in the wealthy Italian North.

Notes

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. When The Bottom Looks Down: Working-Class Views Of Immigrants In Palermo
• 3. The View From The Top: Bourgeois Views Of Immigrants In Palermo
• 4. The Politics Of Race And Immigration In The Italian North And South
• 5. Conclusions.

Show 2 more Contents items

ISBN

9780511520952 (ebook)

Statement on language in description

Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...