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Migrants in Translation: Caring and the Logics of Difference in Contemporary Italy
Cristiana Giordano
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Description for Migrants in Translation: Caring and the Logics of Difference in Contemporary Italy
Paperback. Presents an ethnographic reflection on foreign migration, mental health, and cultural translation in Italy. This book addresses the legal, therapeutic, and moral techniques of recognition and cultural translation that emerge in response to these social uncertainties. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFFN; JHMC; JKSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Migrants in Translation is an ethnographic reflection on foreign migration, mental health, and cultural translation in Italy. Its larger context is Europe and the rapid shifts in cultural and political identities that are negotiated between cultural affinity and a multicultural, multiracial Europe. The issue of migration and cultural difference figures as central in the process of forming diverse yet unified European identities. In this context, legal and illegal foreigners - mostly from Eastern Europe and Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa - are often portrayed as a threat to national and supranational identities, security, cultural foundations, and religious values. This book addresses ... Read more
Migrants in Translation is an ethnographic reflection on foreign migration, mental health, and cultural translation in Italy. Its larger context is Europe and the rapid shifts in cultural and political identities that are negotiated between cultural affinity and a multicultural, multiracial Europe. The issue of migration and cultural difference figures as central in the process of forming diverse yet unified European identities. In this context, legal and illegal foreigners - mostly from Eastern Europe and Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa - are often portrayed as a threat to national and supranational identities, security, cultural foundations, and religious values. This book addresses ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
424g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520276666
SKU
V9780520276666
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About Cristiana Giordano
Cristiana Giordano is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at UC Davis.
Reviews for Migrants in Translation: Caring and the Logics of Difference in Contemporary Italy
"Pleasant reading and a useful piece of research."
Marco Santello H-Net "Stimulating and insightful ... a rich ethnography; [and] an important scholarly contribution."
Staff Allegra Lab "A fundamental contribution to uncovering the moral logics of conditional inclusion that use "recognition" as a tool to define, and prescribe, the right place for immigrants in society."
Francesco Vacchiano Transcultural ... Read more
Marco Santello H-Net "Stimulating and insightful ... a rich ethnography; [and] an important scholarly contribution."
Staff Allegra Lab "A fundamental contribution to uncovering the moral logics of conditional inclusion that use "recognition" as a tool to define, and prescribe, the right place for immigrants in society."
Francesco Vacchiano Transcultural ... Read more