When Ethnic Identity Becomes a Prison: The Case of the Roma Community in Italy
When Ethnic Identity Becomes a Prison: The Case of the Roma Community in Italy
Author(s): Anna Rita CalabròSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: Roma communities; identity; integration
Summary/Abstract: The essay is composed by two surveys carried out almost twenty years apart about the Roma (i) communities living in Milan and its hinterland. The essay is divided into two parts: the first one presents the Italian situation and the historical context. It offers an analytical study of the origins of the Roma communities living in the country and the path to the current situation; the second part deals with questions such as identity and integration.
Journal: Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, Series VII: Social Sciences and Law
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 139-150
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English