The construction and transmission of ethnic identity among Italian-Australians of Calabrian ancestry across three generations /
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2018
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Marino, Simone,
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This thesis explores ethnic identity and transmission across three generations of Calabrians in South Australia. Most research on Italian ethnic identity in Australia focuses on the incorporation of the first and second generations. Central to this work is the debate between primordialist approaches, which emphasise the unchanging nature of ethnic identity, and constructivist approaches, which tend to over-emphasise agency. This leaves unanswered questions on the intergenerational dynamics of ethnic identity relations across the generations, and of how both primordialist and constructivist approaches can be merged to consider how individuals perform their ethnic identities in contrapuntal and sometimes contradictory ways through everyday practices. This thesis addresses these gaps in previous research by focusing on the participants’ experiences, narratives and cultural practices across three generations within one regional group.
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University of South Australia. School of Communication, International Studies and Languages.
School of Communication, International Studies and Languages.
School of Communication, International Studies and Languages.
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Thesis (PhD(Languages and Linguistics))--University of South Australia, 2018.
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Copyright 2018 Simone Marino.
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1 ethesis (xiii, 332 pages) :
illustrations (some colour), colour maps.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-332)
illustrations (some colour), colour maps.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-332)