Narrating Migration : Intimacies of Exclusion in Northern Italy (Hardcover)

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Transcription Conventions Introduction Geographical Location: Northern Italy Collecting Data in Northern Italy: Methodology Co-Constructing Transcripts: Orthographic Conventions and Bivalency Book Structure - Outline of Chapters Chapter 1 Migration and Politics in Northern Italy Introduction Mediterranean Migrations in and through Italy Multiculturalism and Superdiversity in Italy Inclusion-Resistant Superdiversity and Communities of Practice in Northern Italy Intimacy and Intimate Identities Intimacies of Exclusion in and through DNA DNA and Brand Identities in Narratives about Italian Fashion DNA and Language Use in Veneto, Northern Italy Concluding Remarks Chapter 2 The Lega Nord (‘Northern League’): Language Revitalization and Anti-Immigration Politics 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Lega Nord (‘Northern League’) and its Anti-Immigrant Politics 2.3 Beyond the Lega: New Political Movements in Italy 2.4 Poeticizing and Politicizing Language Revitalization 2.5 Local Languages and Standardized Italian: A Brief Historical Background 2.6 Revitalizing Language, Culture and History in Veneto and Beyond 2.6.1 the Liga Veneta Repubblica’s Flag 2.6.2 Terre dei Dogi in Festa in Portogruaro, Veneto 2.6.3 Revitalization of Venetan and the "Veneto State" 2.7 Concluding Remarks Chapter 3 Racializing Narratives: Stance, Scale, and Chronotope 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Narratives as Discursive Practices 3.3 Narrative Practices through Spatiotemporal Scales: The Bakhtinian Chronotope 3.4 Chronotopes Through Scalar Intimacy 3.5 Racialized Storytelling: Stance and Stancetaking 3.6 Narrating Extracomunitari in Veneto’s Health Care Facilities 3.7 Concluding Remarks Chapter 4 Intimacies of Exclusion in and through Storytelling 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Racialized Narratives in Research Qualitative Interviews 4.3 Intimacies of Exclusion in Political Rallies 4.4 Narrating Authenticity and Migration in Northern Italian Historical Cafes 4.5 Concluding Remarks Chapter 5 Performing Extracomunitari in Barzellette 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Racialized Jokes as "Keyed" Performances 5.3 Barzellette and Italian Joke-Tellers 5.4 Racialized Barzellette in Formal Political Addresses 5.5 Enacting Extracomunitari in barzellette in Veneto 5.5.1 "In Padua There are So Many Extracomunitari!" 5.5.2 "Starting Today, You are Giovanni!": Assigning Italian Names to Migrant Students 5.6 Concluding Remarks Conclusion Intimacies of Exclusion in and through Storytelling Practices Racialized Barzellette in Northern Italy Intimacies of Exclusion: Future Research References Index