Making the 'New Citizen': (self-)representation narratives of Italians of immigrant background on intercultural digital media platforms

Morani, Marina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7599-843X 2022. Making the 'New Citizen': (self-)representation narratives of Italians of immigrant background on intercultural digital media platforms. Comunicazioni Sociali 1 , pp. 32-46. 10.26350/001200_000145

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Abstract

The study critically examines the personal stories of Italians of immigrant background – or ‘new citizens’ – published on intercultural digital media platforms. It explores how and to what extent these individual narratives broaden, challenge, or subvert the dominant regime of representation of ‘immigration’ in Italy. Drawing on a conceptual framework informed by cultural studies and critical discourse analysis, the paper finds that the strategic, organising idea of the ‘new citizen’ articulated through a set of recurring discourses, while on the one hand seeks to challenge hegemonic portrayals of ‘the immigrant subject’, on the other hand strategically draws on neoliberal aspirations and essentialist interpretations of formal citizenship to legitimise a collective project of socio-political inclusion. The analysis informs final reflections on the potential, limitations and ongoing transformations of collective inter-cultural tactics of (self-)representation towards more inclusive and diverse discourses about cultural identity, citizenship and belonging.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
Publisher:	Vita e Pensiero
ISSN:	0392-8667
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	17 June 2022
Date of Acceptance:	16 March 2022
Last Modified:	18 Nov 2024 21:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/150511

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