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Author Ugolini, Wendy, author.

Title Experiencing war as the 'enemy other' : Italian Scottish experience in World War II / Wendy Ugolini
Published Manchester [England] : Manchester University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (279 pages)
Contents 'I didn't want to be Italian at all' : representations and realities -- 'Long live Mussolini and Fascismo' : inter-war fascistisation -- 'Collar the lot!' : the historigraphical legacy of internment -- 'They're going to kill us!' : restrictions, riots and relocation -- 'I don't want to fight against my uncles' : military service in Britain -- 'He was shot by the Italians' : confronting military service overseas -- 'My life wasn't very great' : women on the home front and in the services -- 'Non vi scorderemo mai' : commemoration, memorial and the Arandora Star -- Appendix : respondents' biographies
Summary Italy's declaration of war on Britain in June 1940 had devastating consequences for Italian immigrant families living in Scotland signalling their traumatic construction as the'enemy other'. Through an analysis of personal testimonies and previously unpublished archival material, this book takes a case study of a long-established immigrant group and explores how notions of belonging and citizenship are undermined at a time of war. Overall, this book considers how wartime events affected the construction or Italian identity in Britain. It makes a groundbreaking and original contribution to the social and cultural history of Britain during World War Two as well as the wider literature on war, memory and ethnicity. It will appeal to scholars and students of British and Scottish cultural and social history and the history of World War II
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Italians -- Great Britain -- Forced removal and internment, 1940-1945
Italians -- Scotland -- History -- 20th century
Italians -- Scotland -- Social conditions -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
Italians
Italians -- Social conditions
Great Britain
Scotland
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781526126313
1526126311