Faide indiane e allarmismi lombardi. La mediatizzazione del conflitto ‘etnico’ e la sua eco sulla quotidiana convivenza migranti/autoctoni

Autori

  • Sara Bonfanti Università di Bergamo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1473/194

Parole chiave:

Indian immigrants in Italy, media, stereotypes, family feud, 'ethnic' conflicts

Abstract

Drawing from my research on Panjabi diasporas in Lombardy, I discuss the media hype which followed the accidental murder of an Italian lady doctor occurred in Bergamo in 2013, during a brawl among Panjabi family clans.

An embittered xenophobic and racist imagination tainted the local public opinion, replacing the typecast of Indians as mild laborers with ruthless criminals, enmeshed in feuds of southern Italian memory.

Through ethnographic narratives and local chronicles, I contrast the stakes of immigrants and natives, citizens and officials, unraveling how the identity outcomes of that drama affected social interactions and integration of the Panjabi communities long established in the area. 

Biografia autore

Sara Bonfanti, Università di Bergamo

Ce.R.Co. – Centro di Ricerca sulla Complessità Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia Università di Bergamo

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Pubblicato

2016-05-17

Come citare

Bonfanti, S. (2016). Faide indiane e allarmismi lombardi. La mediatizzazione del conflitto ‘etnico’ e la sua eco sulla quotidiana convivenza migranti/autoctoni. EtnoAntropologia, 3(2), 63–76. https://doi.org/10.1473/194