TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘Spaghetti Lengths in a Bowl’? Recovering Narratives of Not ‘Belonging’ Amongst the Italian Scots
AU - Ugolini, Wendy
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - By the close of the twentieth century, the Italian presence in Scotland had become increasingly romanticised and glamorised. This paper illuminates the ways in which Italian immigrants who arrived in significant numbers in the late nineteenth century were subject to racialising discourses, which laid the groundwork for the overt and aggressive manifestations of hostility endured when war was declared between Italy and Britain in 1940. By analysing interwar narratives of childhood ethnicity, this paper illustrates the extent to which the alienation of the war years built upon a pre-existent sense of not ‘belonging’ amongst second generation Italians.
AB - By the close of the twentieth century, the Italian presence in Scotland had become increasingly romanticised and glamorised. This paper illuminates the ways in which Italian immigrants who arrived in significant numbers in the late nineteenth century were subject to racialising discourses, which laid the groundwork for the overt and aggressive manifestations of hostility endured when war was declared between Italy and Britain in 1940. By analysing interwar narratives of childhood ethnicity, this paper illustrates the extent to which the alienation of the war years built upon a pre-existent sense of not ‘belonging’ amongst second generation Italians.
U2 - 10.1080/02619288.2013.781749
DO - 10.1080/02619288.2013.781749
M3 - Article
VL - 31
SP - 214
EP - 234
JO - Immigrants and Minorities
JF - Immigrants and Minorities
SN - 0261-9288
IS - 2
ER -