1st Edition

Migrant Belongings Memory, Space, Identity

By Anne-Marie Fortier Copyright 2000
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

This book traces the formation of Italian migrant belongings in Britain, and scrutinizes the identity narratives through which they are stabilized. A key theme of this study is the constitution of identity through both movement and attachment. The study follows the Italian identity project since 1975, when community leaders first raised concerns about 'the future of invisible immigrants'. The... Read more
Tables, map and plates, Acknowledgements, Introduction: Performative Belongings, Part I: Histories and Identity Politics, Part II: Spaces, Memories, and Displays of Identity, Conclusion: Memory, Location and the Body Motions of Duration, Appendices, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Anne-Marie Fortier Lecturer in Sociology,University of Lancaster