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Work, Family and Integration: Indian Migrant Farmers in Northern Italy: Migration, Minorities and Modernity, cartea 6

Autor Meenakshi Thapan
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 2 oct 2023
This book examines the migration of Indians (mainly from the Punjab region in north India) to parts of northern Italy, especially the Emilia-Romagna region. It analyzes the mobility patterns of migrants who occupy a niche in the labour market and unpacks the forward and backward linkages that migrants imagine, experience, and endure, not only in the context of the materiality of livelihood opportunities and income generation in Italy but also through affect, as potential immigrants and then as migrants, in a territorial and imagined space. The book unravels uncertainties and anxieties about identity among youth, women, and men through in-depth interviews. It also examines a reassertion of cultural tropes that portray identity in marked and vexed ways. The book brings a mutual recognition and acceptance of diversity, or its lack, in a European nation. It stands out for its nuanced ethnographic detail, its attention to the voices of youth and women, and exploration of their relationshipwith the host community. The book, therefore, is a must-read for everybody interested in a better understanding of migration and the culture of migration in different countries.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789819955800
ISBN-10: 9819955807
Pagini: 143
Ilustrații: XIX, 143 p. 9 illus., 8 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2023
Editura: Springer Nature Singapore
Colecția Springer
Seria Migration, Minorities and Modernity

Locul publicării:Singapore, Singapore

Cuprins

Introduction: Migration and Food Production in Emilia-Romagna.- Migration, Transnationalism, Culture.- Social Isolation, Uncertainty and Change: Women's experience of Mobility and its Consequences.- The Dilemmas of Being Young and an Immigrant: Family, Belonging, and Freedom.- Pathways of Integration: Individual and Collective Strategies for ‘Co-integration’.

Recenzii

“The sections in the book on women’s isolation and youth evoke scenes from Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake, which revolved around a first-generation Indian immigrant family in the US, written by a second generation Indian-American. Thapan’s deep and original research could well inspire a similar novel set in Italy, perhaps by a second-generation Indian-Italian or even by Jhumpa Lahiri herself, who curiously enough, is now an immigrant in Italy.” (Chinmay Tumbe, The Book Review, Vol. 48 (4), 2024)

Notă biografică

Dr. Meenakshi Thapan is a trustee of the Krishnamurti Foundation of India and currently the Director of Rishi Valley Education Centre in rural Andhra Pradesh. During her university years, she taught briefly at the Rishi Valley School and later conducted her field research within this school community, resulting in the publication of her first book, Life at School: an ethnographic study (OUP, 1991, 2006). Subsequently, she has been a highly accomplished academician, based at the University of Delhi, both in the Department of Education, and later at the Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics. She has travelled widely, teaching, speaking and contributing to university departments all over the world. She is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards, apart from being the author of numerous books, research papers and articles in several prominent publications. She was series editor of a five volume series on Women and Migration in Asia (SAGE, 2005-2008) and is currently series editor of Education and Society in South Asia (Oxford University Press, 2018-ongoing).

Prior to joining Rishi Valley Education Centre in 2019 as its Director, Dr. Thapan held the positions of Professor of Sociology and Director,  Delhi School of Economics as well as Head of the D.S. Kothari Centre for Science, Ethics and Education at the University of Delhi.


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This book examines the migration of Indians (mainly from the Punjab region in north India) to parts of northern Italy, especially the Emilia-Romagna region. It analyzes the mobility patterns of migrants who occupy a niche in the labour market and unpacks the forward and backward linkages that migrants imagine, experience, and endure, not only in the context of the materiality of livelihood opportunities and income generation in Italy but also through affect, as potential immigrants and then as migrants, in a territorial and imagined space. The book unravels uncertainties and anxieties about identity among youth, women, and men through in-depth interviews. It also examines a reassertion of cultural tropes that portray identity in marked and vexed ways. The book brings a mutual recognition and acceptance of diversity, or its lack, in a European nation. It stands out for its nuanced ethnographic detail, its attention to the voices of youth and women, and exploration of their relationshipwith the host community. The book, therefore, is a must-read for everybody interested in a better understanding of migration and the culture of migration in different countries.

Caracteristici

Provides an in-depth analysis of the phenomenon of migration and identity Uncovers the history and lived experience of Indian migrants in parts of northern Italy Explores the topic of generational change and youth from gendered perspective