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Experiencing war as the 'enemy other': Italian Scottish experience in World War II (Cultural History of Modern War) - Hardcover

Ugolini, Wendy

 
9780719082696: Experiencing war as the 'enemy other': Italian Scottish experience in World War II (Cultural History of Modern War)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0719082692 ISBN 13: 9780719082696
Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2011

Synopsis

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 Through an analysis of personal testimonies and previously unpublished archival material, this book takes a case study of a long-established immigrant group and explores how notions of belonging and citizenship are undermined at a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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About the Author

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

From the Back Cover

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 Through an analysis of personal testimonies and previously unpublished archival material, this book takes a case study of a long-established immigrant group and explores how notions of belonging and citizenship are undermined at a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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Publisher
Manchester University Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0719082692
ISBN 13 
9780719082696
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
288