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In this chapter, I discuss the implications of the research, and also consider its limitations. The value of the book is to elaborate the trigenerational processes of mutual adaptation related to ethnicity in Australia; its limitation, however, is the analysis of a specific group of first-generation immigrants (rural Calabrians) who manifest ‘very strong’ ethnic identities within a specific community, and who did not come from an upper-class background. The book analyses ethnicity and migration in Australia, and matters of ethnic identity and integration are extremely relevant to contemporary Australia (and other similar migrant-receiving societies). My work on the way the Italian presence has evolved can help us integrate our recent migrants. The tight-knit little Italy community that is explored in the book results from previous Anglo-Australian racism; but once an ethnicity is perceived positively, migrants can not only keep their ethnic identity and feel part of mainstream Australian society, but they can add an extra dimension with their dolce vita.
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Marino, S. (2020). Conclusion and Further Reflections. In: Intergenerational Ethnic Identity Construction and Transmission among Italian-Australians. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48145-2_10
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