Female Literature of Migration in Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3945951 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lidia Curti (University of Naples - L'Orientale, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 60-75 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/palgrave.fr.9400361 |
| OpenAlex | W1972213467 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 9 |
Starting symbolically from a place of transit and mobility such as the Galleria in Naples, I look at the pace of immigration movements to Italy from both ex-colonial territories and other countries. Precarity characterizes the migrant condition in Italy: entrance and stay permits; work and housing, which are difficult to obtain and always temporary; bureaucratic control is severe and the right to citizenship is distant. The collective amnesia of the colonial enterprise obscures the fact that at least some of the guests of today were the hosts of yesterday. I analyse these, and other aspects, in the literature of migration that in recent decades has emerged in Italy, focusing on women's writing and confronting the problem of how long it will take for this literature to receive recognition in the Italian literary canon. In women's narratives, precarity emerges in the journey of emigration, described as a real odyssey; in tensions over identity and language; in contrasting cultures of departure and cultures of destination; in the problematic concept of 'home'. Racial and gender differences subsumed in the colour of skin are a recurrent motif. For women, hardships may be more deeply felt: isolation and loneliness is augmented by the distance from children and family; the relationship between past and present more troublesome as it often leads to a double oppression. independence is more fiercely fought for in the affirmation of identity. Finally, I show that, alongside conditions of isolation and despair, strength and hope in the new life emerge from these writings, touching on the importance of writing in Italian and on the motives leading to this choice
Aesthetics · Colonialism · Emigration · Homeland · Identity (music) · Immigration · Isolation (microbiology) · Oppression · Political science · Precarity · Sociology · Anarchism and Radical Politics · Gender Studies · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Italian Literature and Culture
Raise Your Voice
African Queens and Italian History
From AfricaMix to Babilonia
From Roots to Routes … to Borders
Divorce and dialogue
Transcultural Itineraries in Women's Literature of Migration in Italy
Deconstructing Migration Paradigms through Studies on Emigration and Immigration of Women in Italy
Déconstruire les paradigmes migratoires à travers les études sur les émigrations et les immigrations des femmes en Italie
Rented spaces
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2020 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |