Angelica Pesarini
Biographic Data
| ID | 4237498 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Angelica Pesarini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Angelica |
| FAMILY NAME | Pesarini |
| SIGNATURE | PESARINI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Introduction
The field of Black Italian studies encompasses a wide array of subfields, methodological approaches, and intellectuals. In this introduction, we advance a provisional definition, conceived not as a definitive or rigidly prescriptive formulation but rather as an opening intervention intended to stimulate further theoretical elaboration and critical engagement with this evolving field. Using an intentionally broad and porous definition that does no…
The Writers' Assembly
I found many similarities, even though our stories are very different, because there is one factor we share: in this part of the world, we were not foreseen.Yet we were able to move beyond this, in part through writing.I wanted to ask if any of you have had a similar experience.Have you felt this same sense of negation?And if so, when did you find the words to describe the invisibility that, in some way, we were expected to accept?Shirin Ramzanal…
Memory, Forgetfulness, and Multidimensional Acts of Resistance
Making visible the invisible
This article examines life conditions for Black “mixed race children” in the boarding schools of former Italian colonies in East Africa by taking into account both archival colonial sources and oral sources. It problematizes the very notion and function of colonial archival spaces by conceiving “the Archive” as a locus of power characterized by inherent practices of invisibilization in which whiteness has been historically institutionalized and m…
Bodies crossing borders
This article sheds light on the fragility and contradictions of the colonial and fascist discourse on race and gender in the former Italian colonies in East Africa (1890‐1941). It shows the complexities of the interactions occurring among social actors within the cracks of the colonial discourse, despite enforcement of racial laws, prohibition and punishment. The analysis is supported by the examination of some propaganda material and court cases…
The Reinvention of Tradition
This article explores the outcome of longitudinal research conducted in Italy between December 2005 and March 2007 with nine women from four Romanian Roma communities. Specifically, the study investigated the links between the economic strategies of Roma women settled in Rome and the dynamics of gender identity within the Italian anti-Roma context. The qualitative fieldwork for this research was conducted during the political campaign for the ele…
Making visible the invisible
This article examines life conditions for Black “mixed race children” in the boarding schools of former Italian colonies in East Africa by taking into account both archival colonial sources and oral sources. It problematizes the very notion and function of colonial archival spaces by conceiving “the Archive” as a locus of power characterized by inherent practices of invisibilization in which whiteness has been historically institutionalized and m…
The Reinvention of Tradition
This article explores the outcome of longitudinal research conducted in Italy between December 2005 and March 2007 with nine women from four Romanian Roma communities. Specifically, the study investigated the links between the economic strategies of Roma women settled in Rome and the dynamics of gender identity within the Italian anti-Roma context. The qualitative fieldwork for this research was conducted during the political campaign for the ele…
The Reinvention of Tradition
This article explores the outcome of longitudinal research conducted in Italy between December 2005 and March 2007 with nine women from four Romanian Roma communities. Specifically, the study investigated the links between the economic strategies of Roma women settled in Rome and the dynamics of gender identity within the Italian anti-Roma context. The qualitative fieldwork for this research was conducted during the political campaign for the ele…
Bodies crossing borders
This article sheds light on the fragility and contradictions of the colonial and fascist discourse on race and gender in the former Italian colonies in East Africa (1890‐1941). It shows the complexities of the interactions occurring among social actors within the cracks of the colonial discourse, despite enforcement of racial laws, prohibition and punishment. The analysis is supported by the examination of some propaganda material and court cases…
Making visible the invisible
This article examines life conditions for Black “mixed race children” in the boarding schools of former Italian colonies in East Africa by taking into account both archival colonial sources and oral sources. It problematizes the very notion and function of colonial archival spaces by conceiving “the Archive” as a locus of power characterized by inherent practices of invisibilization in which whiteness has been historically institutionalized and m…
Memory, Forgetfulness, and Multidimensional Acts of Resistance
Introduction
The field of Black Italian studies encompasses a wide array of subfields, methodological approaches, and intellectuals. In this introduction, we advance a provisional definition, conceived not as a definitive or rigidly prescriptive formulation but rather as an opening intervention intended to stimulate further theoretical elaboration and critical engagement with this evolving field. Using an intentionally broad and porous definition that does no…
The Writers' Assembly
I found many similarities, even though our stories are very different, because there is one factor we share: in this part of the world, we were not foreseen.Yet we were able to move beyond this, in part through writing.I wanted to ask if any of you have had a similar experience.Have you felt this same sense of negation?And if so, when did you find the words to describe the invisibility that, in some way, we were expected to accept?Shirin Ramzanal…
Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · Anarchism and Radical Politics (1 works)