La percezione dell’identità (plurale) di luogo da parte delle donne russe in Liguria

Abstract

Russian Women in Liguria and their Perception of (Plural) Place Identity. The article proposes the results of qualitative research on the migration of Russian women to Liguria from the 1990s and onward. The research is based on 20 structured interviews in order to investigate the perceptions of the (plural) identity of place of the women under study, taking into consideration their place of origin and their places of migration. The facets of place identity, mentioned above, are expressed in the sense of belonging to the places of origin and migration, the sense of place and its impact on the sense of belonging to the new living context, feeling rooted in the mentioned places and identification with them.

Keywords

• perception of (plural) identity of place
• sense of place
• sense of belonging to place
• external and internal rootedness
• russian women in liguria.