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Was i cursed? Was i hypnotized? Ethnic Moralism, Sexual Dilemmas and Spectral Fantasies of Italians in Australia (1956-1964)

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dc.contributor.authorRicatti, Francescoen
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-01T11:41:25Z
dc.date.available2026-01-01T11:41:25Z
dc.date.issued2012-11-01en
dc.description.abstractThe article considers the relation between gender, sex and identity in the context of Italian migration to Australia, between the late 1950s and the early 1960s, through the analysis of a series of letters written by migrants to Lena Gustin, the editor of two columns for the Italian newspaper in Australia La Fiamma. The first part of the article focuses on ethnic moralism, ethnic misogyny and the generational gap between Italian migrants and their children. The second part argues that sexual fantasies and dilemmas played a central role in the everyday life of migrants, and in the elaboration of their sexual and ethnic identities.en
dc.description.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.format.extent19en
dc.identifier.issn0961-2025en
dc.identifier.otherORCID:/0000-0002-0745-7287/work/162950354en
dc.identifier.scopus84867491552en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733800122
dc.language.isoenen
dc.sourceWomen's History Reviewen
dc.titleWas i cursed? Was i hypnotized? Ethnic Moralism, Sexual Dilemmas and Spectral Fantasies of Italians in Australia (1956-1964)en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dspace.entity.typePublicationen
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage771en
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage753en
local.contributor.affiliationRicatti, Francesco; University of the Sunshine Coasten
local.identifier.citationvolume21en
local.identifier.doi10.1080/09612025.2012.658187en
local.identifier.pure2afd326f-53ea-4cf7-bc68-a210528568bben
local.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84867491552en
local.type.statusPublisheden

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