{"product_id":"an-alliance-of-women-immigration-and-the-politics-of-race-9780816641581","title":"An Alliance Of Women: Immigration And The Politics Of Race","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Heather Merrill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Women's Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1980s, Italy transformed from a country of emigration to one of immigration. Italians are now faced daily with the presence of migrants from all over Africa, parts of South and Central America, the Middle East, Asia, and Eastern Europe. While much attention has been paid to the impact on Italians, few studies have focused on the agency of migrants themselves. In \u003ci\u003eAn Alliance of Women, \u003c\/i\u003e Heather Merrill investigates how migrants and Italians struggle over meanings and negotiate social and cultural identities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taking as a starting point the Italian crisis over immigration in the early 1990s, Merrill examines grassroots interethnic spatial politics among female migrants and Turin feminists in Northern Italy. Using rich ethnographic material, she traces the emergence of Alma Mater-an anti-racist organization formed to address problems encountered by migrant women. Through this analysis, Merrill reveals the dynamics of an alliance consisting of women from many countries of origin and religious and class backgrounds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Highlighting an interdisciplinary approach to migration and the instability of group identities in contemporary Italy, \u003ci\u003eAn Alliance of Women\u003c\/i\u003e presents migrants grappling with spatialized boundaries amid growing nativist and anti-immigrant sentiment in Western Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Heather Merrill is assistant professor of geography and anthropology at Dickinson College.","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47613258825879,"sku":"9780816641581","price":3071.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780816641581.webp?v=1775083810","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/an-alliance-of-women-immigration-and-the-politics-of-race-9780816641581","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}