Second Generation Identities Among Youth With Albanian Heritage In Multiethnic South Tyrol
Second Generation Identities Among Youth With Albanian Heritage In Multiethnic South Tyrol

Author(s): Sabrina Colombo
Subject(s): Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Hybridity; identity; ethnicity; Albanian second generation; South Tyrol;
Summary/Abstract: Aim of this study is to analysize ethnicity and identity of second generations children in a peculiar geographical/ethnic context, South Tyrol. Adolescents and young adults from Albanian origin living in South Tyrol represent the main participants interviewed to investigate their process of identity construction. In the analysis their adolescence and their emerging adulthood as well as the emergence of multiple and hybrid belongings have been considered. The findings show that second generations are challenged by creating a new identity, which is not the simple fusion of Italian and Albanian cultural aspects. Furthermore, the specific context of South Tyrol with its history, society and politic, affects the new generations by shaping their identities.

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