Old and new minorities: the case of Arbëreshë communities and Albanian immigrants in Southern Italy
Old and new minorities: the case of Arbëreshë communities and Albanian immigrants in Southern Italy

Summary/Abstract: The Arbërëshe are an Albanian minority residing in southern Italy. Comparing the previous anthropological literature, this study analyses the Arbëreshë minority and considers three main topics that have contributed to highlighting the differences between Arbëreshë and Italian communities throughout the centuries: the Arbërisht language, ethnic endogamy, and Greek-Byzantine religious Rite. Using ethnographic fieldwork, these three main topics, which outline the Arbëreshë identity, have been examined in a community in the Italian Arbëria, San Costantino Albanese. The aim of the research is to understand changes in Arbëreshë identity resulting from recent social changes due to the modernization process and interactions with recent Albanian immigrants.

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