Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò. 24 West 12th Street. New York, NY 10011 - November 5, 2015 - 06:00 PM
Italian Mobilities. (2016, Routledge). Edited by Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Stephanie Malia Hom. The editors in conversation with: Simona Wright, The College of New Jersey; Amara Lakhous, NYU

The Italian nation-state has been defined by practices of mobility. Tourists have flowed in from the era of the Grand Tour to the present, and Italians flowed out in massive numbers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Italians made up the largest voluntary emigration in recorded world history. As a bridge from Africa to Europe, Italy has more recently been a destination of choice for immigrants whose tragic stories of shipwreck and confinement are often in the news. This first-of-its-kind edited volume offers a critical accounting of those histories and practices, shedding new light on modern Italy as a flashpoint for mobilities as they relate to nationalism, imperialism, globalization, and consumer, leisure, and labor practices. 

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