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Italians with veils and Afros: gender, beauty, and the everyday anti-racism of the daughters of immigrants in Italy

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: This paper explores the everyday anti-racist practices of the female children of immigrants in Italy. We analyse two case studies: first, a group of Muslim young women in Italy who have publicly re-appropriated what is popularly known as ‘Islamic fashion’; and second, a group of young Afro-Italian women who meet both online and offline to share resources about the care of ‘natural’ Afro-textured hair. We argue that transnational feminist analysis can shed light on the complex ways that aesthetics and the female body are implicated in struggles for social and legal recognition in Italy among the so-called second generation.

Source: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2017.1359510

Authors: Annalisa Frisina, Camilla Hawthorne

Institutions: University of Padua, University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Diaspora, migration, transnational identity

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2741089024

FWCI: 7.844

Cites: 104

Cited by: 53

Related to: 10