Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction. All at One Point: The Unlikely Connections between Italy’s Emigration, Immigration, and (Post)Colonialism 1
5. Part I. Waters: Migrant Voyages and Ships from and to Italy
6. Aperture I: An Osean of Pre-Occupation and Possibilities: L’orda 23
7. Part II. Houses: Multiethnic Residential Spaces as Living Archives of Pre-Occupation and Invention
8. Part II. Houses: Multiethnic Residential Spaces as Living Archives of Pre-Occupation and Invention 75
9. Part III. Workplaces: A Creative Re-Occupation of Labor Spaces against Exploitation
10. Aperture III. Labor on the Move: Rodari’s Construction Workers and Kuruvilla’s Babysitter 131
11. Conclusion. Italy as a Laboratory for Imagi-Nation: The Citizenship Law between Inbound and Outbound Flows 183
12. Notes 197
13. Works Cited 227
14. Index 241
15. Image Credits 249