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Migrants in Translation Caring and the Logics of Difference in Contemporary Italy Cristiana Giordano UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Migrants in Translation This page intentionally left blank Migrants in Translation Caring and the Logics of Difference in Contemporary Italy Cristiana Giordano Q3 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Oakland, California © 2014 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Giordano, Cristiana, 1971- Migrants in translation: caring and the logics of difference in contemporary Italy I Cristiana Giordano. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-520-27665-9 (hardback) ISBN 978-0-520-27666-6 (paper) ISBN 978-0-520-95866-9 (e-book) 1. Ethnopsychology-ltaly. 2. Immigrants-Cultural assimilation-Italy. 3. Immigrants-Mental health Italy. 4. Assimilation (Sociology)-Psychological aspects. I. Title. GN502.G56 2014 155.8 20945--dc23 Manufactured in the United States of America 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 IO 9 8 7 6 5 4 2 In keeping with a commitment to support environmentally responsible and sustainable printing practices, UC Press has printed this book on Natures Natural, a fiber that contains 30% post-consumer waste and meets the minimum requirements of ANSIINISO z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper). A mio padre, in memoriam This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Illustrations IX Acknowledgments XI Introduction I PART ONE. ENTERING THE SCENE: THE WALLS r. On the Tightrope of Culture 33 2. Decolonizing Treatment in Psychiatry 7I PART TWO. ENTERING THE SCENE: THE IMMIGRATION OFFICE IOI 3. Ambivalent Inclusion: Psychiatrists, Nuns, and Bureaucrats in Conversation IOJ PART THREE. ENTERING THE SCENE: THE POLICE STATION I3J 4. Denuncia: The Subject Verbalized I37 viii I Contents PART FOUR. ENTERING THE SCENE: THE SHELTER I67 5. Paradoxes of Redemption: Translating Selves and Experimenting with Conversion I7I PART FIVE. REENTERING THE SCENE: THE CENTRO 203 6. Tragic Translations: "I am afraid of falling. Speak well of me, speak well for me" 207 Epilogue: Other Scenes 24I Notes 247 Bibliography 26I Index 279
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