Wendy Ugolini

Experiencing war as the 'enemy other' (eBook, PDF)

Italian Scottish experience in World War II

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Italy's declaration of war on Britain in June 1940 had devastating consequences for Italian immigrant families living in Scotland signalling their traumatic construction as the 'enemy other'. Through an analysis of personal testimonies and previously unpublished archival material, this book takes a case study of a long-established immigrant group and explores how notions of belonging and citizenship are undermined at a time of war.

Overall, this book considers how wartime events affected the construction or Italian identity in Britain. It makes a groundbreaking and original contribution to the social and cultural history of Britain during World War Two as well as the wider literature on war, memory and ethnicity. It will appeal to scholars and students of British and Scottish cultural and social history and the history of World War II.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Verso
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526126313
• Artikelnr.: 54360611

Autorenporträt

Wendy Ugolini is a Lecturer in British History at the University of Edinburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication List of figures List of abbreviations Acknowledgements
Introduction 1. 'I didn't want to be Italian at all': representations and
realities 2. 'Long live Mussolini and Fascismo' - interwar fascistisation
3. 'Collar the lot!': the historiographical legacy of internment 4 .
'They're going to kill us!' Restrictions, riots and relocation 5. 'I don't
want to fight against my uncles' - military service in Britain 6. 'He was
shot by the Italians' - confronting military service overseas 7. 'My life
wasn't very great': women on the home front and in the services 8. 'Non vi
scorderemo mai' - commemoration, memorial and the Arandora Star Appendix:
Respondents' biographies Select bibliography Index