In this essay I will analyse the migrant figure from the point of view of the Italian history of ... more In this essay I will analyse the migrant figure from the point of view of the Italian history of nation-state building. In particular, it will consider the plurality of meanings that migration acquires in the context of the relatively short existence of the Italian State, officially unified in 1861, and the role played by the State and local administrations in constructing the migrant both as an internal Other (the southerner) and as an external Other (non-EU immigrants, refugees, eastern European immigrants). The essay will focus on the connections between Italian national discourse since unification and the process of internal and external Othering, highlighting in particular how this process translates into exclusionary practices applied on a local level that are strikingly in continuity with those introduced during the fascist era. I will conclude with comments on the meaning of migrant in the present historical conjuncture characterised by crisis, increase in refugee inflows and an upsurge of emigration from Italy. Key terms: nation, state, nationalism, racism, identity, othering, emigrant, immigrant, foreigner, borders, internal migration, immigration policy, citizenship, region, regionalism, colonialism, internal colonialism, north-south dualism, Europe, Italy.
In this essay I will analyse the migrant figure from the point of view of the Italian history of ... more In this essay I will analyse the migrant figure from the point of view of the Italian history of nation-state building. In particular, it will consider the plurality of meanings that migration acquires in the context of the relatively short existence of the Italian State, officially unified in 1861, and the role played by the State and local administrations in constructing the migrant both as an internal Other (the southerner) and as an external Other (non-EU immigrants, refugees, eastern European immigrants). The essay will focus on the connections between Italian national discourse since unification and the process of internal and external Othering, highlighting in particular how this process translates into exclusionary practices applied on a local level that are strikingly in continuity with those introduced during the fascist era. I will conclude with comments on the meaning of migrant in the present historical conjuncture characterised by crisis, increase in refugee inflows and an upsurge of emigration from Italy. Key terms: nation, state, nationalism, racism, identity, othering, emigrant, immigrant, foreigner, borders, internal migration, immigration policy, citizenship, region, regionalism, colonialism, internal colonialism, north-south dualism, Europe, Italy.
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Key terms: nation, state, nationalism, racism, identity, othering, emigrant, immigrant, foreigner, borders, internal migration, immigration policy, citizenship, region, regionalism, colonialism, internal colonialism, north-south dualism, Europe, Italy.
Key terms: nation, state, nationalism, racism, identity, othering, emigrant, immigrant, foreigner, borders, internal migration, immigration policy, citizenship, region, regionalism, colonialism, internal colonialism, north-south dualism, Europe, Italy.