The New Racism in Europe: A Sicilian Ethnography

ISBN-13: 9780521584937 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 176 str.

Jeffrey Cole

Opis

Immigration is among the most contested issues in Western Europe. Studies 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, nationalism and racism. Drawing on research carried out in Palermo, Jeffrey Cole considers the ambivalent responses of rich and poor Sicilians to immigrants. He places Italian attitudes in a European context, and investigates why anti-immigrant politics are concentrated in the wealthy Italian North.

Recenzje

'Jeffrey Cole's book is essential reading for scholars interested in studies of migration and racism in Europe and within Italian culture.' Modern Italy

Spis treści

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; Appendix; Notes; References.