The In-between Generation. Immigrants and the Problem of a Dual Sense of Belonging
The In-between Generation. Immigrants and the Problem of a Dual Sense of Belonging

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is an anthropological analysis of three individual biographies of Macedonian-speaking Muslims migrants in Italy. An author focuses on young people who migrated from Macedonia with their parents at the early age. In the literature they are named ‘1,5 generation’, while I call them the inbetween gerenation arguing that as immigrants, the people I talked to are between the first and the second immigrant generation, and they find themselves wedged in between the ideas and values of their sending country and the recipient country, and in between childhood and adulthood. They have studied or already completed their education in Italy, they speak Italian fluently and most of their friends are Italian. However, they are still speak Macedonian at home, visit their country of origin every year and are aware of their strong belonging to the Macedonianspeaking Muslim group. Therefore, they should constantly negotiate between traditional values of their parents, and their own patterns of life. The significant issues and tensions regard religious practices, daily habits like food and dress, and – that is most sensitive – gender relations.

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