Italian 241TF - Italy To and Fro

In modern times, Italian diasporas have assumed epic proportions. From the 1790s on, emigrants from across Italy have scattered widely around the world. But, over the past three decades, Italy has changed from a nation of emigrants into a nation of immigrants, experiencing huge fluxes of migrants from Eastern Europe, North Africa, and Asian countries. This course explores Italy's emigration and immigration addressing topics such as national borders, dynamics of integration/discrimination, and second-generation immigration. Readings (and related films) range from Donna Gabaccia to Helen Barolini, Francis Ford Coppola, and Fred Kuwornu.