Anti-Southern Racism and Education in Post-War Italy

This book investigates the racism against Southern Italian children attending North-Western primary schools between the 1950s and the 1970s. Turin serves as the main case study, having become the "third Southern city" after Naples and Palermo during the considered period.

Sommario

Introduction 1. Post-war South and Southern migrants in Turin: between imagination and reality 2. Educational otherness 3. Southern children and special education 4. Talking to grown-up children. Conclusions

Info autore

Grazia De Michele obtained her PhD in Italian history from the University of Reading. She is currently working towards a second PhD at the University of Genoa and is a member of the Centre for the History of Racism and Anti-Racism in Modern Italy (CENTRA).

Riassunto

This book investigates the racism against Southern Italian children attending North-Western primary schools between the 1950s and the 1970s. Turin serves as the main case study, having become the "third Southern city" after Naples and Palermo during the considered period.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Grazia De Michele
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9780367607920
• ISBN: 978-0-367-60792-0
• Pagine: 222
• Serie: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Italy
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945)