As a cultural minority absorbed within the white European majority, their project is steeped in the ideal of visibility that relies on various 'displays of presence'. The author uses the image of 'invisible immigrants' as the starting point of her inquiry, for it captures the ambivalent position Italians occupy within the British political and social landscape. The study follows the Italian identity project since 1975, when community leaders first raised concerns about 'the future of invisible immigrants'. A key theme of this study is the constitution of identity through both movement and attachment. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo This book traces the formation of Italian migrant belongings in Britain, and scrutinizes the identity narratives through which they are stabilized.
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