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Quite apart from many valuable insights, Dr Chezzi's account of the infamous treatment of Italians of long-standing in this country at a time of political division and upheaval, is a timely reminder of the dangers, in our own time, of allowing xenophobia and cultural insularity to blind host nations to the value of their immigrant population. For that reason alone, one should never forget the Arandora Star and its victims and applaud the efforts of Dr Chezzi and her collaborators to keep the memory alive. Sir Deian Hopkin Morgannwg, 60 (2016)

Quite apart from many valuable insights, Dr Chezzi's account of the infamous treatment of Italians of long-standing in this country at a time of political division and upheaval, is a timely reminder of the dangers, in our own time, of allowing xenophobia and cultural insularity to blind host nations to the value of their immigrant population. For that reason alone, one should never forget the Arandora Star and its victims and applaud the efforts of Dr Chezzi and her collaborators to keep the memory alive. Sir Deian HopkinMorgannwg, 60 (2016) This book by Bruna Chezzi is a most welcome addition to the growing and diverse literature surrounding the Italian migrant presence in the United Kingdom.In a highly readable and insightful discussion of Welsh Italian history and identity, considering both self-perceptions and perceptions, Chezzi unravels key aspects and developments of the Italian landscape in Wales. Building on earlier writing and also addressing more recent research by other scholars, Chezzi elegantly takes up the debate on memorialisation and also questions of who remembers and how memory is represented. By progressing through the decades from stability in the 1920s and 30s, where her analysis of historic images is especially interesting, to the traumatic wartime period and up to the present day, new research and new perspectives ensure a comprehensive and compelling study. Dr Terri ColpiHonorary Research Fellow, University of St Andrews

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After obtaining her first degree in English and French from Parma University, Italy, Bruna Chezzi moved to Cardiff to teach Italian at Cardiff University. Here, she obtained both her Master's degree in European Literatures and her PhD on the cultural representations of Italians in Wales from 1920s to the 2010s. She was also a founder member of the Arandora Star Memorial Fund in Wales (2008–2012), which received a £10,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the creation of a memorial, a travelling exhibition and an oral history project about the impact of the Second World War on the Italian community in Wales. Dr Chezzi is also a member of the Italian Cultural Centre Wales, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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