Italian American :the racializing of an ethnic identity
- 作者: Richards, David A. J.
- 出版: New York : New York University Press ©1999.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (xi, 273 pages).
- 標題: Constitutional history Europe. , 1800-1999 , Racism , Emigration and immigrationHistory. , Italian Americans , Racism Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century. , Italian Americans Ethnic identity. , Italian Americans Cultural assimilation. , Cultural assimilation. , Discrimination & Race Relations. , Minority Studies. , History. , SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology -- Cultural. , Constitutional history United States. , Emigration and immigration. , Italy, Southern Emigration and immigration -- History. , Racism Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century. , Political aspectsHistory , Constitutional history. , Constitutional history , AnthropologyCultural. , Political aspects. , SOCIAL SCIENCE Discrimination & Race Relations. , SOCIAL SCIENCE Minority Studies. , United States , Constitutional history Italy. , Electronic books. , Ethnic identity. , Europe. , SOCIAL SCIENCE , Italy. , United States Emigration and immigration -- History. , Italy, Southern , United States. , Americanization. , Racism Political aspects. , Southern Italy.
- ISBN: 0814775209 , 9780814775202
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- 附註: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-257) and index.
- 摘要: When southern Italians began emigrating to the U.S. in large numbers in the 1870s-part of the "new immigration" from southern and eastern rather than northern Europe-they were seen as racially inferior, what David A. J. Richards terms "nonvisibly" black. The first study of its kind, Italian American explores the acculturation process of Italian immigrants in terms of then-current patterns of European and American racism. Delving into the political and legal context of flawed liberal nationalism both in Italy (the Risorgimento) and the United States (Reconstruction Amendments), Richards examines why Italian Americans were so reluctant to influence depictions of themselves and their own collective identity. He argues that American racism could not have had the durability or political power it has had either in the popular understanding or in the corruption of constitutional ideals unless many new immigrants, themselves often regarded as racially inferior, had been drawn into accepting and supporting many of the terms of American racism. With its unprecedented focus on Italian American identity and an interdisciplinary approach to comparative culture and law, this timely study sheds important light on the history and contemporary importance of identity and multicultural politics in American political and constitutional debate.
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When southern Italians began emigrating to the U.S. in large numbers in the 1870s-part of the "new immigration" from southern and eastern rather than northern Europe-they were seen as racially inferior, what David A. J. Richards terms "nonvisibly" black. The first study of its kind, Italian American explores the acculturation process of Italian immigrants in terms of then-current patterns of European and American racism. Delving into the political and legal context of flawed liberal nationalism both in Italy (the Risorgimento) and the United States (Reconstruction Amendments), Richards examines why Italian Americans were so reluctant to influence depictions of themselves and their own collective identity. He argues that American racism could not have had the durability or political power it has had either in the popular understanding or in the corruption of constitutional ideals unless many new immigrants, themselves often regarded as racially inferior, had been drawn into accepting and supporting many of the terms of American racism. With its unprecedented focus on Italian American identity and an interdisciplinary approach to comparative culture and law, this timely study sheds important light on the history and contemporary importance of identity and multicultural politics in American political and constitutional debate.
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