Emigrazione e immigrazione, dialoghi allo specchio oltre i luoghi comuni

Abstract

It is difficult to talk about emigration and immigration avoiding clichés. This is particularly true in a region like Friuli, which for a long time, was a land of emigrants while, in the recent past, it has started attracting immigrants. It is easy to hear statements like the following: “When we went abroad to work, things were different: we had a legal contract in our hands”, which shows how people are not yet capable to deal with new migrations. Collecting stories of life of emigrants and immigrants is a way to deconstructing stereotypes and represent migrations of the past and the present in all their complexities and similarities. This is what the book La mia casa è dove sono felice is about.