Contribution to Book
“An Unjustified Revolt”: Political Discourse and Chinese Migrant Resistance to Inspection Culture
New Anthropologies of Italy: Politics, History and Culture
(2024)
Abstract
This paper takes as its object of analysis the political discourse connected with a series of events culminating in a protest that turned violent in the heart of metropolitan Tuscany as Chinese migrants clashed with Italian health inspectors and riot police. It compares the Italian political characterization of Chinese migrants’ protest as “an unjustified revolt” with Chinese social media discourse that justified the protest. The paper argues that Italian political discourse appealed to common sense to rationalize the politics of inspection and demonize migrant resistance. It further extends the anthropological study of Italy to a transnational scale.
Keywords
- Italy,
- political discourse,
- resistance,
- Chinese migrants,
- fast-fashion
Disciplines
Publication Date
Summer July 1, 2024
Editor
Paolo Heywood
Publisher
Berghahn
ISBN
ISBN 978-1-80539-585-0
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3167/9781805395850
Publisher Statement
Anthropologists working in Italy are at the forefront of scholarship on several topics including migration, far-right populism, organised crime and heritage. This book heralds an exciting new frontier by bringing together some of the leading ethnographers of Italy and placing together their contributions into the broader realm of anthropological history, culture and new perspectives in Europe.
Citation Information
Elizabeth L. Krause. "“An Unjustified Revolt”: Political Discourse and Chinese Migrant Resistance to Inspection Culture" New Anthropologies of Italy: Politics, History and Culture (2024) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_krause/65/