- Critical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Migration Studies, Identity (Culture), Italian Studies, Qualitative methodology, Collaborative Research, and 8 moreMinority Studies, Social Sciences, Ethnography, Language and Identity, Return Migration, Return Migrants Reintegration, Nationalism, and National Identityedit
This thesis presents the results of an intergenerational study on families of Italian origin living in the Nottingham area. In particular, it investigates the ways in which intergenerational ethnic identity transmission takes place among... more
This thesis presents the results of an intergenerational study on families of Italian origin living in the Nottingham area. In particular, it investigates the ways in which intergenerational ethnic identity transmission takes place among immigrants and their offspring, as well as the variables involved in the second and third generations' construction of hyphenated or transnational identities. Among these variables, special attention is devoted to the role of the family, both nuclear and extended. A comparative analysis of interviews with members of three-generational families suggests that the children and grandchildren of the Italian immigrants who arrived in the UK in the period after the Second World War develop their ethnic identity and cultural affiliation dialectically. This dialectic takes place in a continuous exchange between the self and `the other(s)', more specifically, one or more of the following: parents, children, Italians in Italy, Italians in Nottingham, t...
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Research Interests: Employability, Higher Education, Race and Ethnicity, Minority Studies, Increasing and Widening Participation, and 10 moreNon-Traditional Students, Educational expectations, Bradford Keeney, Diversity; Factors Impacting on Student Success; Harnessing Student Agency, Academic Developoment in Higher Education, Student expectations and perceptions, Edge Hill University, Widening Participation in Higher Education, Brunel University, UEL, and Leeds Met
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... TRBALAKRISHNAN, P. MAXIM and R. JURDI 126 Religion and Identity: families of Italian origin in the Nottingham area, UK DEIANIRA GANGA 144 Why People Migrated to the Countryside in Finland in the 1990s? AINI PEHKONEN 153 ...
The process of intergenerational transmission is the site of contrasts and negotiations. Within families of Italian origin in the United Kingdom, the gender-specific roles and social control of patriarchal families are enduring,... more
The process of intergenerational transmission is the site of contrasts and negotiations. Within families of Italian origin in the United Kingdom, the gender-specific roles and social control of patriarchal families are enduring, particularly for second and third generation women. ...
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The relationship between phenomena of human mobility and the urban environments in which they primarily take place was the initial interest inspiring this dissertation. Questioning issues of space and place, the research looks at how... more
The relationship between phenomena of human mobility and the urban environments in which they primarily take place was the initial interest inspiring this dissertation. Questioning issues of space and place, the research looks at how transnational migration grounds itself in ...
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The acceleration and diversification of the movement across borders of millions of people has recently implied a heightened relevance of topics such as ethnicity, race and migration in the social sciences. Nevertheless, being migration a... more
The acceleration and diversification of the movement across borders of millions of people has recently implied a heightened relevance of topics such as ethnicity, race and migration in the social sciences. Nevertheless, being migration a highly interdisciplinary and complex ...
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Introduction For people from a minority ethnic background religious identification can represent a very significant element con-tributing to the process of identity formation. In the process of ethnic identity construction, religion is... more
Introduction For people from a minority ethnic background religious identification can represent a very significant element con-tributing to the process of identity formation. In the process of ethnic identity construction, religion is particularly rele-vant as it is tied up with many ...
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This paper analyses the circumstances that played a part in the transformation of some of the older Italians living in Nottingham from would-be returnees into non-return migrants, in other words settlers. Interviews conducted among older... more
This paper analyses the circumstances that played a part in the transformation of some of the older Italians living in Nottingham from would-be returnees into non-return migrants, in other words settlers. Interviews conducted among older Italian immigrants who settled in Britain ...