Winner of the 2009 Lora Romero First Book Prize from the American Studies Association 2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Explores the transnational movement

This book draws attention to the various factors that characterize migrant flows and mobilities, calling into question familiar concepts such as push and pull,

The willingness to migrate in search of employment is in itself insufficient to compel anyone to move. The dynamics of labour mobility are heavily influenced by

This book addresses a rich corpus of contemporary narratives by authors who have come to Italy as migrants. It traces the figurative commonalities that emerge a

A unique comparative study of immigrant and diaspora literatures in America