Italian-Bangladeshi in London. A community within a community

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ID15537772
AuthorsF Della Puppa (0000-0003-1437-4719, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue1
Pages35-47
Publication date2021-01-28
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMIGRATION LETTERS (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1741-8984 • E-ISSN: 1741-8992
PublisherDewspublication (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.33182/ml.v18i1.1118
OpenAlexW3128767678
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Based on a multi-sited ethnography in Italy and the United Kingdom, this contribution focuses on the onward migration of Italian-Bangladeshis to London, that is, Bangladeshi migrants who acquired EU citizenship in Italy and then moved to the British Capital. After the presentation of the reasons for this onward migration, the article will analyse the representation, constructed by the Italian-Bangladeshis interviewed in London, of the relationships between them (coming from different districts of Bangladesh) and the members of the “historical” British Bangladeshi community, in London since generations (originating primarily from the Bangladeshi district of Sylhet). Specifically, it will focus on the on mistrust – sometimes a fully-fledged hostility – between the two communities as it was narrated by the Italian-Bangladeshi respondents, framing it as a dichotomy between British citizens and (Southern) European citizens; as a wider dichotomy between residents of Bangladeshi origin in London, but originating from different regional contexts in Bangladesh; as an effect of the social stratification of the “Bangladeshi Diaspora” in the world

Citizenship · Diaspora · Economic growth · Ethnography · Framing (construction · Geography · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Italian Social Issues and Migration · Law

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