Race in Post-Fascist Italy 'War Children' and the Color of the Nation |
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Author:
| Patriarca, Silvana |
ISBN: | 978-1-108-99814-7 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2022 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Digital download and online |
List Price: | USD $80.00 |
Book Description:
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Through the untold stories of the biracial children born from the encounter between Italian women and Black Allied soldiers in the immediate aftermath of WWII, this original and engaging study sheds lights on the persistence of anti-Black prejudice and ideas of race in democratic Italy, stressing the legacies of colonialist and fascist racism.
Through the untold stories of the biracial children born from the encounter between Italian women and Black Allied soldiers in the immediate aftermath of WWII, this original and engaging study sheds lights on the persistence of anti-Black prejudice and ideas of race in democratic Italy, stressing the legacies of colonialist and fascist racism.