'Reflections on Italy’s contemporary approaches to cultural diversity: the exclusion of the ‘Other’ from a supposed notion of ‘Italianness’ Armillei, Riccardo 2016, 'Reflections on Italy’s contemporary approaches to cultural diversity: the exclusion of the ‘Other’ from a supposed notion of ‘Italianness’, Australian and New Zealand journal of European studies, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 34-48. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads armillei-reflectionsonitalys-2016.pdf Published version application/pdf 327.40KB 12 Title 'Reflections on Italy’s contemporary approaches to cultural diversity: the exclusion of the ‘Other’ from a supposed notion of ‘Italianness’ Author(s) Armillei, Riccardo Journal name Australian and New Zealand journal of European studies Volume number 8 Issue number 2 Start page 34 End page 48 Total pages 15 Publisher Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Publication date 2016-12-31 ISSN 1837-2147 1836-1803 Keyword(s) Italy Italiannness cultural diversity ethnonationalism Summary For many years Italy has been described as a country of emigration. Only since the 1970s Italy has moved from being a net exporter of migrants to a net importer. Despite growing cultural and religious diversity, the implications of the pluralisation of the Italian society on national identity have been largely ignored. Italy has been recently described as a country without an established model of integration or pluralism. The so called ‘Italian way’ towards cultural diversity remained predominantly theoretical in character and not supported officially, in the sense of being incorporated into the nation’s history (as it is in Canada or Australia). The rise of ‘ethnonationalism’ and legacies of past colonialism contributed to create an institutional notion of supposed ‘Italianness’, which is based on the exclusion of the ‘Other’. During the Liberal and Fascist periods, colonialism was used to create and re-produce a strong sense of nationhood, re-composing the many internal divisions by racialising ‘otherness’ outside rather than inside the nation’s borders. Thisstudy suggests that, due to historical amnesia and a weak national identity, a similar logic is now informing the implementation of anti-immigration policies in Italy. Language eng Field of Research 160803 Race and Ethnic Relations 1606 Political Science 2003 Language Studies 2103 Historical Studies Socio Economic Objective 940111 Ethnicity HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30091516 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Alfred Deakin Research Institute Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Sat, 25 Feb 2017, 02:04:08 EST Sat, 25 Feb 2017, 02:04:40 EST Sat, 25 Feb 2017, 04:01:25 EST Mon, 27 Feb 2017, 08:52:07 EST Thu, 02 Mar 2017, 05:06:38 EST Tue, 14 Mar 2017, 09:08:45 EST Tue, 14 Mar 2017, 09:10:59 EST Wed, 26 Apr 2017, 16:31:26 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 26 Abstract Views, 12 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Sat, 25 Feb 2017, 02:04:40 EST

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