Black spaces : African diaspora in Italy

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Additional Title: African diaspora in Italy
Author: Merrill, Heather
Series: Twenty-first century interventions
Publisher: New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Subject: Africa - Emigration and immigrationAfricans -- Italy -- Social conditionsItaly - Emigration and immigrationItaly - Race relationsRefugees -- ItalySomali diaspora
Format: Print
ISBN: 1138043257113854937197811380432519781138549371

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City Campus	305.896 MERR	Available

Description: xxiii, 209 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Notes: Contents: Introduction : Witness to the Unthought Position -- Africa-Italy : A Genealogy of Relational Places -- Black/black Spaces : Lived Experiences and Geographic Logics -- Unarchived Everyday Violence -- The Death of Sylvester Agyemang : Can You Be BLACK and Bear This? -- Grammar and Ghosts : Refugees and Migrants in Italy -- Conclusion : Re-Imagining Future Geographies.Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-194) and index.Summary: "Black Spaces examines how space and place are racialized, and the impacts on everyday experiences among African-Italians, immigrants, and refugees. It explores the deeply intertwined histories of Africa and Europe, and how people of African descent negotiate, contest, and live with anti-blackness in Italy."--Provided by publisher.