Book contents
- Race in Post-Fascist Italy
- Race in Post-Fascist Italy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “Undesirables”
- 2 Little Aliens
- 3 “Not Only a Question of Humanity”
- 4 Growing Up Black in Postwar Italy
- 5 On the Other Side of the Atlantic
- 6 Under “Expert” Eyes
- 7 Black Italians on the Screen
- Interlude
- 8 Ancestries and Identities
- Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Index
1 - “Undesirables”
Foreigners and Women in the Postwar
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2022
- Race in Post-Fascist Italy
- Race in Post-Fascist Italy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “Undesirables”
- 2 Little Aliens
- 3 “Not Only a Question of Humanity”
- 4 Growing Up Black in Postwar Italy
- 5 On the Other Side of the Atlantic
- 6 Under “Expert” Eyes
- 7 Black Italians on the Screen
- Interlude
- 8 Ancestries and Identities
- Epilogue
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 1 examines how Italians responded to the interracial encounters that took place during the war and in the immediate postwar years. In the midst of economic difficulties, fears of crime dominated public opinion, and foreigners were blamed (especially if they had a dark skin) along with the women who associated with them. The fraternization between Allied soldiers and civilians generated tensions that triggered frequent clashes between Italian men and the male occupiers, competing for the favors of Italian women. Interracial sex was often cast as a form of moral degradation, obscuring the genuine love relationships that also occurred between Italian women and non-white Allied soldiers.
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- Race in Post-Fascist Italy'War Children' and the Color of the Nation, pp. 19 - 44Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022