Findings and Discussion

In this chapter, I present and discuss the key concepts that emerge from the study: institutional positionality, engagement and the relevance of the family. These concepts correspond generally to three spheres of social life: the macro (the mainstream soc

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Intergenerational Ethnic Identity Construction and Transmission among Italian-Australians

Simone Marino

Intergenerational Ethnic Identity Construction and Transmission among  Italian-Australians Absence, Ambivalence and Revival

Simone Marino University of South Australia Magill, SA, Australia

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Ai miei genitori da cui l’emigrazione mi ha separato. Temporaneamente. To my parents from whom emigration has separated me. Temporarily.

Acknowledgements

The writing of this book was inspired by my Ph.D. journey, which was both pleasant and obnoxious. It gave me the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. It sent me soaring into the stratosphere on wings of enjoyment, and released me splat into the deepest and dirtiest mud. I would like to thank Professor Elvira Stefania Tiberini for her teaching and encouragement since my first years at Sapienza University, Rome; and also Professor Antonio Vento, Dott. Enzo Movilia, Dott. Luigi Brugnano and Dott. Claudio Palazzi for brainstorming with me via email; and the Italian cartoonist Luca Vannini for his illustrations. I wish to thank Associate Professor Angela Scarino, Professor Loretta Baldassar and Dr. Giancarlo Chiro for their inspiration and patience when I was a Ph.D. student in Adelaide. I am in debt to Associate Professor Scarino who, with her constant presence, was able to offer me precious, practical and s