{"product_id":"transnational-italians-and-the-culture-of-everyday-life","title":"Transnational Italians and the Culture of Everyday Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeparting from conventional community-based histories, this innovative work examines how immigrant identities are transformed into transnational ones. Focusing on families from the Campania region of Italy who settled in Toronto, Ontario, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, after 1945, \u003ci\u003eTransnational Italians and the Culture of Everyday Life \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates why ethnic identity is best understood as a transnational construct – shaped by migrants’ mobility and the global dispersal of extended families and kin networks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing from more than two dozen oral histories, Abril Liberatori places migrants’ narratives at the centre of her book. Alongside a range of archival materials – including song lyrics, recipes, and advertisements – these stories show how transnationalism is articulated through everyday cultural practices around food, music, gender, and language. Imported goods from Campania mixed with local foods and traditional cooking methods; Neapolitan song culture,\u003ci\u003e canzone napoletana\u003c\/i\u003e, indisputably fostered a common group identity across borders; and a private network of bonds between Campani women eased the hardship of migration. Sites of everyday life became rich arenas of cultural entanglements that brought together families and strangers from across Europe, the Americas, and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransnational Italians and the Culture of Everyday Life \u003c\/i\u003ewill engage not only historians but also those interested in local community histories and the connection to Italian diasporas across the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McGill-Queen's University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56541368648024,"sku":"9780228027836","price":39.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780228027836_e872e760-ccf5-4a5c-8123-145670932fab.jpg?v=1780118124","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/transnational-italians-and-the-culture-of-everyday-life","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}