Overview
Relies on intense ethnographic fieldwork to examine and map sociocultural practices in Calabrian-Italian communities
Bridges primordialist and constructivist approaches to ethnic identity to suggest it can be embodied, transmitted, and consciously acknowledged
Develops a holistic understanding ethnic identity that can be broadened and applied to other communities
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book focuses on the transmission of ethnic identity across three generations of Italian-Australians, specifically Italian-Australians of Calabrian descent in the Adelaide region of Australia. Simone Marino analyzes ethnographic data collected over a three-year period to consider individual, familial and community cultural practices, as well as societal influences on ethnic identity transmission, in order to present generational differences in the understandings of Italian-Australian identity. Among other factors, the role of community events, community networks, and cultural practices associated with being Italian-Australian are examined. The transmission of ethnic identity is analysed through the lens of sociological theories, including Sayad's concept of double absence and Bourdieu's ideas of habitus and cultural capital, and is considered at the macro, meso, and micro spheres of social life. Ultimately, Marino’s study reveals clear generational differences amongst Italian-Australians: the first generation, those who arrived from Italy, manifest a condition of feeling absent, the second generation present a condition of ‘in-between-ness’, between the world of their immigrant parents and that of Australians, and the third generation experience a sense of ethnic revival.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Simone Marino is Lecturer and Course Coordinator in Italian Language and Culture and Lecturer in Sociology and Migration at the University of South Australia. His research interests include transnational mobilities and identities, multicultural policy and the maintenance and loss of minority languages and ‘cultures’ in multicultural societies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Intergenerational Ethnic Identity Construction and Transmission among Italian-Australians
Book Subtitle: Absence, Ambivalence and Revival
Authors: Simone Marino
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48145-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48144-5Published: 03 July 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48147-6Published: 03 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-48145-2Published: 02 July 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 288
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Migration, Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime, Social Anthropology, Social Theory