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Italy's declaration of war on Britain in June 1940 had devastating
consequences for Italian immigrant families living in Scotland
signalling their traumatic construction as the 'enemy other'.
Through an analysis of personal testimonies and previously
unpublished archival material, this book takes a case study of a
long-established immigrant group and explores how notions of
belonging and citizenship are undermined at a time of war. Overall,
this book considers how wartime events affected the construction or
Italian identity in Britain. It makes a groundbreaking and original
contribution to the social and cultural history of Britain during
World War Two as well as the wider literature on war, memory and
ethnicity. It will appeal to scholars and students of British and
Scottish cultural and social history and the history of World War
II. -- .
This edited collection focuses on the negotiation of national,
geographic and cultural identities during the Second World War
among the constituent countries of the United Kingdom. Adopting a
four nations approach, it contributes to our understanding of how
pluralistic identities within the multinational state of Britain
informed the functioning of Britishness during the conflict. In
particular, it explores the ways in which Wales, Scotland and
England related to the overarching concept of Britishness and
analyses the relationships between Britain and the island of
Ireland. This volume addresses wartime Britain as both a site of
cultural contestation and of shared experience, exploring what
"fighting for Britain" meant for those who served in the British
armed forces as well as for those who did not fight in active
combatant roles.
This volume emerged from an international research colloquium
jointly organised by National Museums Scotland and the Scottish
Centre for Diaspora Studies, University of Edinburgh, funded by the
Scottish Government and administered by the Royal Society of
Edinburgh. Historians and museum curators from Australia, Canada,
New Zealand and South Africa were invited to join with their
Scottish counterparts to consider the functioning, and the meaning,
of 'military Scottishness' in different Commonwealth countries and
in Britain from the late Victorian period to the present day, with
a particular focus on the impact of the First World War. Another
key objective was to throw light on the 'hidden' culture of social
networking which potentially operated behind local regiments and
military units amongst Scotland's global diaspora. This edited
collection provides a comparative overview of the nineteenth
century emergence of military Scottishness and explores how the
construction and performance of Scottish military identity has
evolved in different Commonwealth countries over the late
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In particular, it looks at the
ways in which Scottish volunteer regiments in Commonwealth
countries variously sought to draw upon, align themselves with or,
at certain key moments, redefine the assertions of martial identity
which Highland regiments represented.
This volume emerged from an international research colloquium
jointly organised by National Museums Scotland and the Scottish
Centre for Diaspora Studies, University of Edinburgh, funded by the
Scottish Government and administered by the Royal Society of
Edinburgh. Historians and museum curators from Australia, Canada,
New Zealand and South Africa were invited to join with their
Scottish counterparts to consider the functioning, and the meaning,
of 'military Scottishness' in different Commonwealth countries and
in Britain from the late Victorian period to the present day, with
a particular focus on the impact of the First World War. Another
key objective was to throw light on the 'hidden' culture of social
networking which potentially operated behind local regiments and
military units amongst Scotland's global diaspora. This edited
collection provides a comparative overview of the nineteenth
century emergence of military Scottishness and explores how the
construction and performance of Scottish military identity has
evolved in different Commonwealth countries over the late
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In particular, it looks at the
ways in which Scottish volunteer regiments in Commonwealth
countries variously sought to draw upon, align themselves with or,
at certain key moments, redefine the assertions of martial identity
which Highland regiments represented.
Italy's declaration of war on Britain in June 1940 had devastating
consequences for Italian immigrant families living in Scotland
signaling their traumatic construction as the "enemy other."
Through an analysis of personal testimonies and previously
unpublished archival material, this book takes a case study of a
long-established immigrant group and explores how notions of
belonging and citizenship are undermined at a time of war. Overall,
this book considers how wartime events affected the construction or
Italian identity in Britain. It makes a groundbreaking and original
contribution to the social and cultural history of Britain during
World War Two as well as the wider literature on war, memory and
ethnicity. It will appeal to scholars and students of British and
Scottish cultural and social history and the history of World War
II.
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