The current contribution aims at describing some key-aspects of Rocchi and Demonte’s graphic novels “Primavere e Autunni” (2015) and “Chinamen” (2017), especially in relation to: 1) the historical reconstruction of Chinese migration to Italy; 2) the challenge of widespreading negative stereotypes against Chinese migrants, which still characterize dominant public discourse in Italian society. The first paragraph will highlight theoretical aspects of both works, in particular relation to the literature on migration and of migration, with Sinoitalian literature, as well as with macro- and micro-aspects of Chinese migration to Italy. After that, some common points of both works will be underlined, including structure and style, semiotic aspects, communicative functions and multimodality. The third paragraph will specifically focus on a series of key-figures described in the graphic novels, which contribute to draw the attention to specific aspects regarding Chinese historical presence in Milan and in Italy.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-2088-5569
Titolo del capitolo
Chinese migration(s) to Italy beyond stereotypes and simplistic views: the case of the graphic novels Primavere e Autunni and Chinamen
Autori
Andrea Scibetta
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-260-7.05
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2020
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© 2020 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
Tracing Pathways 雲路
Sottotitolo del libro
Interdisciplinary Studies on Modern and Contemporary East Asia
Curatori
Diego Cucinelli, Andrea Scibetta
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Numero di pagine
156
Anno di pubblicazione
2020
Copyright
© 2020 Author(s)
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Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-260-7
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-259-1
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-260-7
Collana
Studi e saggi
ISSN della collana
2704-6478
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5919