Immigrant Voices in Contemporary Italy

Immigrant Voices in Contemporary Italy

The class will examine the new reality of Italy as a nation with a significant population of immigrants. Focusing on the evolving meaning of cultural identity, we will read short works by four immigrant Italian writers of Italian: Amara Lakhous, originally from Algeria, Laila Wadia from India, Gabriella Ghermandi from Ethiopia, and Igiaba Scego from Madagascar. The class is also designed to
Taught in Italian

Gabriella Ghermandi. Regina di Fiori e di Perle. Roma: Donzelli, 2007.
Flavia Capitani e Emanuele Coen, eds. Pecore nere. (Raconti di Gabriella Kuruvilla, Ingi Mubiayi, Igiaba
Scego and Laila Wadia). Roma: Laterza, 2006.
Amara Lakhous. Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a piazza Vittorio. Roma: edizioni e/o. 2006.

http://www.ilsegnalibro.com/weblog2/2007/12/lorchestra-di-piazza-vittorio-si.html
http://www.orchestradipiazzavittorio.it/documentario/documentario.html

http://www.el-ghibli.provincia.bologna.it/index.php (El Ghibli rivista online di letteratura della migrazione)