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Record Nr.

UNINA9910595046503321

Autore

Ravagnoli Violetta

Titolo

The Building of Chinese Ethnicity in Rome : Networks without Borders / / by Violetta Ravagnoli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

3-031-07025-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 pages)

Disciplina

972.801

945.63004951

Soggetti

History, Modern

Europe - History

Asia - History

Italy - History

World history

Modern History

European History

Asian History

History of Italy

World History, Global and Transnational History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Chinese Migrations in a Global Context -- 3. Oral Accounts of Chinese Migrations to Italy: A History of Translocality -- 4. Problematizing Chinatown -- 5. Roman Theater: Italians verses 'Others' -- 6. Historical "Fact Checking": Chronicles and Legacies of the Esquiline -- 7. Once Upon A Time in China: Reverberations of Identities -- 8. Epilogue: Toward a Glocal Oral History.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the history of Chinese migrations to Europe within a “transcalar glocal” perspective. That is, it moves between international, national, and local levels of analysis to describe the different constraints Chinese migrants deal with in their lives. It problematizes and complicates ethnicity and identity and refers to controversial



concepts like Roman-ness and Chinese-ness, used as identity signifiers. Ultimately, by presenting the lives of ethnic Chinese living in Italy in both global and local context, this book hopes to show the value of a "glocal" oral history of Chinese migrations. Violetta Ravagnoli is Assistant Professor of History at Emmanuel College in Boston, where she teaches courses in Asian history, world history, and migration history. She is also the coordinator of the Colleges of the Fenway Minor in Migration Studies. .