Italy is Out (Paperback)

Mario Badagliacca

ISBN 10: 1800856768 / ISBN 13: 9781800856769

Published by Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2021

About this Item

Paperback. Italy is Out is the fruit of the collaboration between Mario Badagliacca, the established documentary photographer, and the research team of Transnationalizing Modern Languages: Mobility, Identity and Translation in Modern Italian Cultures (2014-16). This ARHC-funded project explored the implications of Italian migration in a global perspective tracing cultural transformations across borders, generations, and language. Badagliacca visited some of the projects key locations conducting interviews with Italians or people of Italian descent before photographing them in familiar locations. The subjects of the portraits were invited to bring along three objects representing their attachment to Italy. The sheer variety of the objects which appear alongside the portraits suggest the diversity of the migrant experience. Photographs shot in London, New York, and Buenos Aires feature members of the historical Italian community, but also first generation migrants in search of opportunities not offered at home. A similar complexity emerges, more unexpectedly, in the postcolonial Italian communities of Tunis and Addis Abeba. The photographs are accompanied by essays written by members of the research team and people who have in some way participated in the project. Fiction, autobiography and academic reflection sit side by side adding to Badagliaccas multifaceted exploration of Italians abroad. Italy is Out is the fruit of the collaboration between Mario Badagliacca, the established documentary photographer, and the research team of Transnationalizing Modern Languages: Mobility, Identity and Translation in Modern Italian Cultures (2014-16). Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Italy is Out (Paperback)
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press, Liverpool
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1800856768
• ISBN 13: 9781800856769
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Italy is Out is the fruit of the collaboration between Mario Badagliacca, the established documentary photographer, and the research team of ‘Transnationalizing Modern Languages: Mobility, Identity and Translation in Modern Italian Cultures’ (2014-16). This ARHC-funded project explored the implications of Italian migration in a global perspective tracing cultural transformations across borders, generations, and language. Badagliacca visited some of the project’s key locations conducting interviews with Italians or people of Italian descent before photographing them in familiar locations. The subjects of the portraits were invited to bring along three objects representing their attachment to Italy. The sheer variety of the objects which appear alongside the portraits suggest the diversity of the migrant experience. Photographs shot in London, New York, and Buenos Aires feature members of the historical Italian community, but also first generation migrants in search of opportunities not offered at home. A similar complexity emerges, more unexpectedly, in the postcolonial Italian communities of Tunis and Addis Abeba. The photographs are accompanied by essays written by members of the research team and people who have in some way participated in the project. Fiction, autobiography and academic reflection sit side by side adding to Badagliacca’s multifaceted exploration of Italians abroad.

About the Authors

Mario Badagliacca is a freelance Sicilian photographer. He studied international relations and politics at the University 'L'Orientale' in Naples and photo-reportage and photojournalism in Rome. Along his photographic activity, he has always collaborated with non-profit organizations and been involved in humanitarian programmes. His work documents migration, life on the borders, human right violations, and social issues.

Derek Duncan is Professor of Italian at the University of St Andrews.