Volume 3, Issue 3, November 2008
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Excuse Me is our Heritage Showing? Representations of diasporic experiences across the generations
(Department of Languages, Flinders University, 2008-11)This paper examines the narration of diasporic experiences by writers of Italian descent. It investigates the ways in which relationships between 'home' and 'destination' cultures are negotiated across the generations. ... -
"You’re on the List!" Writing the Australian Italian experience of war-time internment
(Department of Languages, Flinders University, 2008-11)This paper compares the discursive and experiential valence of the two fullest autobiographical accounts of internment during the 1940s, written by Australian Italians (Claudio Alcorso and Peter Dalseno). -
Connections with the Homeland: Community and individual bonds between South Australian Italian migrants from Caulonia (Calabria) and their hometown
(Department of Languages, Flinders University, 2008-11)Using oral testimonies provided by a number of 'cauloniesi' in South Australia and in Italy the author explores the cultural and emotional bonds that exist today between the Cauloniese migrants and their hometown. The ... -
Migrating Madonnas: The Madonna della Montagna di Polsi in Calabria and in Australia
(Department of Languages, Flinders University, 2008-11)Looks at cultural bereavement as a condition that can severely compromise the psychological health of migrants. The Madonna della Montagna festa in Melbourne, albeit different to its Calabrian epigone, continues to perform ... -
Evaluations of Cultural Identity in the Personal Narratives of a Group of Tertiary Students of Italian Ancestry in Australia
(Department of Languages, Flinders University, 2008-11)Examines the cultural identity of a group of tertiary students of Italian ancestry in Australia. In their personal narratives, the participants comment on their past and present experiences with respect to their Italian ... -
Deprovincialising Italian Migration Studies: An overview of Australian and Canadian research
(Department of Languages, Flinders University, 2008-11)This essay attempts to examine how historians, anthropologists and sociologists of Italian migration in Australia and Canada have built and expanded on Italian American perspectives to provide a more nuanced view of Italian ... -
Introduction
(Department of Languages, Flinders University, 2008-11)Overview of a special issue devoted to aspects of Italian settlement in Australia stemming from an international conference held at Flinders University in September 2007 entitled "Moving Cultures, Shifting Identities".